Nagoro Doll Village, is a village in the Iya Valley on the island of Shikoku in Tokushima Prefecture

Nagoro Doll Village, is a village in the Iya Valley on the island of Shikoku in Tokushima Prefecture

Nagoro Doll Village, is a village in the Iya Valley on the island of Shikoku in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is known for the large number of realistic dolls positioned throughout the village, which have made it a tourist attraction. In the early 2000s, Tsukimi Ayano, whose family left the area when she was a child, moved back to Nagoro to look after her father, and made a doll in his likeness that she placed in a field. She has since made more than 400, including replacements, and about 350 are in the village. Many are also likenesses of residents or former residents, while others are invented people.