“I held on to the special ones,” Carol told the Irish Examiner. “We loved playing with the dolls together. Having those ...

Saying Farewell to Once-Loved Dolls at Hofu Tenmangu Shrine Each year, Hofu Tenmangu shrine in Yamaguchi Prefecture holds a "doll appreciation festival" at which people can give their now-unwanted ...

This special focuses on a group of men who have fallen in love with their life-size dolls, called "Real Dolls." For these men, their $10,000 lifelike, built-to-order creations have replaced human ...