In Ichinono, a small rural village in Japan, life-sized dolls have become part of everyday life, adding a sense of activity to an otherwise quiet community. These dolls are carefully crafted by ...

Matara Doll has opened up pre-orders for a traditional Japanese kimekomi doll that resembles Snivy from Pokemon.

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel ... So in Ichinono, the dolls are injecting some youth. Amid the overgrown greenery, a puppet girl ...

YAESE, Okinawa Prefecture--Born in the year of Okinawa's reversion to Japan in 1972 ... with residents of the facility. The doll comes in four types: two clad in different costumes for Okinawa's ...

The pair, among other dolls, will be displayed at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo’s Taito Ward until Jan. 29. Whether they will go on tour to be displayed around Japan has yet to be ...