My name is Ayano Tsukimi, I’m 70 years old
I make life-size dolls to replace people who die
My mother was died for years but now she is right behind me
This is a village in the deepest of the mountains
It’s now home to merely 27 people
You will see no more than 10 living humans in a day if lucky
But the village is inhabited by over 300 dolls
I make life-size dolls
It takes me three days to make one
The head and hands are filled with cotton
The body is built with old newspapers
Then I dress him in pants and shirt to cover the newspaper body
Those dolls in the field are made waterproof with raincoat
And I put on different shoes for outdoor dolls according to their situation
At first I decided to make a scarecrow
As nothing would grow out of my land
I thought it must be birds that ate my seeds
The village used to be densely populated
I created these dolls to reproduce the old scenes
As if there were still people living there
The school was abandoned 6 years ago
They are the last two students
Once many students went to school here
So I put the student dolls in the classrooms
I often come check on them
Pick up fallen dolls
Tidy up their clothes
About 50 dolls dwell in the school
Creating a sense of a busy school day
As if the school had never been deserted
I brought you some used clothes
Just put it here
Thank you
Before the old lady next door passing, she brought me her clothes
Asking me to make a doll like her
Living so deep in the mountains, it’s hard to make it home before dark
So I arrange my grandmother on the shotgun seat
She keeps me company on my way back
For me the dolls are my family
All 300 of them are my family
If not for these dolls
The village would see no visitors
But they infuse life into this depopulated village
Villagers are happy and I’m happy too
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