Scary Village in Japan: Scarecrows Illustrate Lives Of Japanese Countryside

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On the countryside of the Japanese town of Himeji is a unique place on the planet - the whole village, which is inhabited by scarecrows. The village is scared - it's a whole area called Seki. Or rather, was the name of the village, which eventually merged with the city.

62 year-old Japanese Masato Okaue was born and raised in Seki. His first stuffed scarecrow was created in 2010. Just as soon as he came to help the rest of the locals. So very soon, the streets of the village were filled with lots of scarecrows dressed up in the same way as the normal local population. In total, to date, the village inhabited by over a hundred frightened. Masato wanted to attract visitors to their deserted area, showing the good old Japanese village as a collective image of the villages of the island nation. Unfortunately, young people leave the village. (Photo by Getty Images/ Buddhika Weerasinghe)