PHOTOS: Scarecrows outnumber people in Japanese town with just 35 residents

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
White smoke rises from an outdoor hearth at Tsukimi Ayano's house sat by scarecrows she made in Nagoro, Tokushima Prefecture, southern Japan.
Tsukimi Ayano stitches a scarecrow girl by her outdoor hearth at her home in Nagoro, Tokushima Prefecture, southern Japan.
A teenager look alike scarecrow sits on a log pile in Nagoro, Tokushima Prefecture, southern Japan.
Scarecrow passengers wait for a bus at a bus stop for scarecrows in Nagoro, Tokushima Prefecture, southern Japan.
Tsukimi Ayano speaks as she stitches a scarecrow girl by her outdoor hearth at her home.
Scarecrow teacher and students fill a classroom in the now deserted elementary school in Nagoro, Tokushima Prefecture, southern Japan.
Tsukimi Ayano stitches a scarecrow girl by her outdoor hearth at her home in Nagoro in Tokushima Prefecture, southern Japan.
PHOTOS: Scarecrows outnumber people in Japanese town with just 35 residentsWhite smoke rises from an outdoor hearth at Tsukimi Ayano's house sat by scarecrows she made in Nagoro, Tokushima Prefecture, southern Japan.