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Photos: ‘Snow monsters’ of Japan - Pink Tentacle

Ghostly trees covered in snow and rime ice -- known as "snow monsters" or juhyou (frost-covered trees) -- are a celebrated feature of the winter landscape in mountainous areas of northern Japan. Here are a few photos.
Snow monster --
Hakkōda Mountains, Aomori prefecture [via]
Snow monsters --
Hakkōda Mountains, Aomori prefecture [via]
Ice monster --
Mt. Moriyoshi, Akita prefecture [via]
Snow monster --
Hakkōda Mountains, Aomori prefecture [via]
Ice monster --
Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture [via]
Trees covered in rime ice --
Mt. Moriyoshi, Akita prefecture [via]
Rime-covered trees --
Mt. Moriyoshi, Akita prefecture [via]
Ice monsters --
Mt. Moriyoshi (Moriyoshi shrine), Akita prefecture [via]
Snow monsters --
Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture [via]
Ice monsters --
Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture [via]
Snow monster --
Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture [via]
Snow monsters --
Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture [via]
Ice monsters --
Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture [via]
Snow monster --
Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture [via]
Ice-covered trees --
Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture [via]
Frost-covered trees --
Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture [via]
Trees covered in ice --
Hakkōda Mountains, Aomori prefecture [via]
Snow monster --
Mt. Zao, Miyagi prefecture [via]
Ice monster --
Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture [via]
Snow monster --
Mt. Moriyoshi, Akita prefecture [via]
Ice monsters --
Hachimantai Plateau, Akita prefecture [via]
Snow monsters --
Mt. Moriyoshi, Akita prefecture [via]
Snow monster --
Mt. Azuma, Fukushima prefecture [via]
Snow monster --
Mt. Azuma, Fukushima prefecture [via]
Snow monster --
Hakkōda Mountains, Aomori prefecture [via]

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