Who makes them?
Ms Tsukimi Ayano is the ‘Scarecrow Mother’. She was born in Nagoro village, but moved away. When she came back in 2002, she realised that most of the people had left to find work in the city, making her once thriving town feel lonely and empty.
Ms Ayano made her first scarecrow to look like her father and used it to protect the fields from crows. She noticed that the neighbours would all say “Hi” to the scarecrow, so she began making more and more, eventually filling the village with them.