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In reply to the discussion: Considered Bumper Sticker - "Save The Planet - Get Fixed". But Realized --------- [View all]dalton99a
(81,486 posts)25. As Japan's population shrinks, bears and boars roam where schools and shrines once thrived (LAT)
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-japan-population-snap-story.html
As Japan's population shrinks, bears and boars roam where schools and shrines once thrived
By Julie Makinen
The red-roofed temple at the top of the hill closed about a decade ago, and now Yoshihiro Shibata cant even remember its name, though the 54-year-old dairy farmer has lived in this picturesque village all his life.
The income of the temple depends on the number of residents, and there werent enough to keep a monk here, he said, looking around the deserted grounds nestled amid the villages lush landscape of tea plants and hydrangeas, bamboo and pine trees.
A few years after the temple shut its doors, the village tea-processing factory closed down and the elementary school too. Now, the remaining students are bused an hour away.
When I was young, we had about 100 kids here, but now there are just five, Shibata said.
Yoshihiro Shibata stands in front of the tea-processing factory that was closed in his village several years ago.
As Japan's population shrinks, bears and boars roam where schools and shrines once thrived
By Julie Makinen
The red-roofed temple at the top of the hill closed about a decade ago, and now Yoshihiro Shibata cant even remember its name, though the 54-year-old dairy farmer has lived in this picturesque village all his life.
The income of the temple depends on the number of residents, and there werent enough to keep a monk here, he said, looking around the deserted grounds nestled amid the villages lush landscape of tea plants and hydrangeas, bamboo and pine trees.
A few years after the temple shut its doors, the village tea-processing factory closed down and the elementary school too. Now, the remaining students are bused an hour away.
When I was young, we had about 100 kids here, but now there are just five, Shibata said.
Yoshihiro Shibata stands in front of the tea-processing factory that was closed in his village several years ago.
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