Highlands Village is located on the island of Shikoku - smallest in size and population of the island of the four largest in Japan.In recent years, the village is slowly but surely emptying: young people are leaving to work in Osaka or Tokyo, the elderly is becoming less and less.Now the Highlands only a few dozen people.Ayano Tsukimi (Ayano Tsukimi) '64.She returned to her native village of 11 years ago and during that time peopled his whole army of hand-stitched dolls similar to people who do not live there anymore.
In the documentary film "Valley of the Dolls» («The Valley Of Dolls») Tsukumo shows their world director of the Berlin Fritz Schumann (Fritz Schumann).She says that it all started with the fact that it took her a stuffed because planted garden seeds did not germinate.She made it look like his father, and from there went the idea of "re-create" all those who once lived in the village.Partially - in order to attract new people."I thought that people will be interested and will stop to take a picture, if I put the dolls at the entrance to the valley - Tsukimi said.- I have them work in the field or wait for the bus. "
heroine adds that it is not fun to do "strange" dolls.Her creations printed should organically fit into the landscape as their living prototypes.Tsukimi makes dolls of straw, rags and old clothes.Now on her account for more than 350.It is difficult given person, except grandmothers, grandmothers - its strong point.
idea Tsukimi draw attention to the village well was a success.Thanks to its creative marathon, last year, the Highlands entered the list of tourist destinations in Japan.Even the dolls do not live in the Highlands for more than three years, so Tsukimi constantly have to do more and more.So she lives in a disappearing village, surrounded by lifeless figures, but does not think, nor old age, nor to give up his job.In one of the film, thinking that men are mortal, she says with a laugh: "I'm probably going to live forever."
Articles Source: kulturologia.ru
