Tomioka, Japan
In 2010, Tomioka had a population of over 15,000…so what happened to leave it with only one resident? Well, you may have heard of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Back then, the city was fully evacuated before the tsunami strikes.. however, one resident refused to leave.
A 58-year-old fifth-generation rice farmer Naoto Matsumura and his dog stayed. He just couldn’t pull himself away so he stayed to feed the animals.
