In Japan, you sometimes hear the term "village on the edge ... She doesn't think of them as art. Making them just brings her joy. "Every morning, I just greet them," says Ayano.

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets. Fewer than 60 people live in Ichinono ...

Kabuki, a highly stylized ancient art, is performed in classical Japanese. The body movements are specific and difficult for first-timers. Children like Hina are key to this village's tradition ...

A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child ...

Steam wafts from the big bowl of noodles before me while Yoko Tanaka, the executive director of the Japan America Society of ...

Hori had come to talk with Avant about a Japanese art collection she wanted to donate ... to become tax collectors and shōya, or village leaders. Get a monthly roundup of upcoming plant-related ...

The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens has a new attraction that will bring the essence of a 17th century farming village to San Marino. It is called the Japanese Heritage Shōya ...

On South Seaside Avenue they saw a torii gate like one sees at a Shinto shrine, historical plaques and a bronze pair of Japanese fishermen gazing at Fish Harbor, where their village once stood.