rings around the world was released on 25 september 2001 in japan with two additional tracks, "tradewinds" and "happiness is a worn pun", added after "fragile happiness" at the end of the album. these ruins inspired him to move to the island and begin work on the ruins. the average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.05.

in the village, the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. 