Time stands still in Japan's village of scarecrows
Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 11:05 GMT+7
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| Tsukimi Ayano arranges a scarecrow at a bus stop in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. |
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| Scarecrows representing pupils and a teacher sit in a classroom in a closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. |
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| sukimi Ayano steps out of her house in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. |
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| Scarecrows representing former pupils and a teacher sit in a classroom in a closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. |
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| Tsukimi Ayano sows an ear onto a scarecrow in her house in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. |
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| A scarecrow sits on a tree in the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. |
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| Tsukimi Ayano carries a scarecrow to place it on the road leading into the mountain village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. |
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| Tsukimi Ayano stands in a classroom with scarecrows at a closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. |
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| A scarecrow representing a pupil holds a book in a closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. |
