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In the lower alpine zone the mountains contain stands of Maries' fir, a species of fir known locally as Aomori todomatsu. [43] During the winter these fir trees get blasted with snow, sculpting the precipitation onto the trees resulting in the phenomenon known as "snow monsters".
The most recent record snows were brought by the blizzards of December 2005–February 2006, when well over 3 m (4.5 m in one part of Aomori Prefecture) of snow accumulated in many rural areas, and anywhere from 46 cm to nearly 1.5 m piled up even in several major cities.
A red child's hand dangling from a tree in the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, accompanied by a hypnotically beautiful woman standing beneath the tree to lure people into its occasionally-deadly grasp. Akkorokamui A giant Ainu monster resembling an octopus, which supposedly lurks in Uchiura Bay in Hokkaido. Akubōzu
At an elevation of more than 6,000 feet near the top of a volcano exists a land of snow monsters, a mountainside that is home to fleeting figures that come each winter and then fade along with the ...
Yuki-onna illustration from Sogi Shokoku Monogatari. Yuki-onna originates from folklores of olden times; in the Muromachi period Sōgi Shokoku Monogatari by the renga poet Sōgi, there is a statement on how he saw a yuki-onna when he was staying in Echigo Province (now Niigata Prefecture), indicating that the legends already existed in the Muromachi period.
Strong wind over the nearby lake fling water droplets which freeze against the trees and their branches, until near-horizontal icicles begin to form. Falling snow settles on the ice formations, and the end result is a grotesque figure of a tree. The effect of a full forest of such trees gives visitors a ghostly impression.
An akateko (赤手児, lit. "red child's hand") is a yōkai, or Japanese monster, from the folklore of Aomori Prefecture, specifically in the city of Hachinohe. [1] [2] The monster is also a legend local to Kagawa and Fukushima prefectures. [1]
"Blue Forest"), officially Aomori City (青森市, Aomori-shi), is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 1 August 2023 [update] , the city had an estimated population of 264,945 in 136,781 households, [ 1 ] and a population density of 321 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of 824 ...