Direct democracy for small villages?

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 6 months ago in Lifestyle

I saw this news story on mainstream media today:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/02/national/social-issues/kochi-mountain-village-may-adopt-direct-democracy-system-council-population-slides/

A village with few residents has decided to use direct democracy to run it. There has been one such case here about 50 years ago, so this is not a new thing here.

Are there any other countries where this is practised?