Friday, September 22, 2017

Monsters on Hokkaido

Virtually the first thing we noticed after arriving at the Noboribetsu train station in Hokkaido was this status of a demon on the edge of the parking lot. The second statue was at the entry drive of our hotel at Noboribetsu Hot Springs. A search of Google and Wikipedia reveals that they are called "Oni", and are found throughout traditional Japanese folklore, not just in Hokkaido.





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