Ichinono has fewer than 60 residents, so they stitched together their own population of puppets to keep them company.
  • carpoftruth [any, any]MEnglish
    17•6 months ago

    Quote from the father of the first kid born in the village in 20 years, who is now 2

    “Just by being born here, our son benefits from the love, support and hope of so many people — even though he has achieved absolutely nothing in life yet,” his father said.

  • Speaker [e/em/eir]English
    2•6 months ago

    Next year: Ichinono has fewer than 30 residents, and those who remain are tirelessly stitching new dolls. A village official, who asked to remain anonymous, was quoted as saying “Elmo thinks this is just fine! There is nothing to worry about!”