Japan’s ‘witch houses’ a sign of a rapidly shrinking population | World | The Times

archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 13 Feb 2023 01:25:32 UTC All snapshots from host www.thetimes.co.uk WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee Accessibility Links Skip to content Search The Times and The Sunday Times  Today’s sections Past six daysExplore Times Radio Log inSubscribe World Japan’s ‘witch houses’ a sign of a rapidly shrinking population Richard Lloyd Parry, Tokyo Monday February 13 2023, 12.01am GMT, The Times Empty homes, like these in Setagaya, Tokyo, can be a burden to children ALAMY You stumble across them everywhere, in villages and cities, in the smartest neighbourhoods and the most run down. They lurk behind overgrown gardens, decaying beneath veils of moss and ivy. Crows and raccoon dogs make their homes in them; little children peer through their gates and imagine ghosts. They are the “witch houses” of Japan — mysterious tokens of social decay in one of the wealthiest societies in the world. Called

archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 13 Feb 2023 01:25:32 UTC All snapshots from host www.thetimes.co.uk WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee Accessibility Links Skip to content Search The Times and The Sunday Times  Today’s sections Past six daysExplore Times Radio Log inSubscribe World Japan’s ‘witch houses’ a sign of a rapidly shrinking population Richard Lloyd Parry, Tokyo Monday February 13 2023, 12.01am GMT, The Times Empty homes, like these in Setagaya, Tokyo, can be a burden to children ALAMY You stumble across them everywhere