Snowy Akita in Japan

in #travel7 years ago (edited)

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/snowy road in the evening/

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/like a black and white picture/

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/in the Samurai house/

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/various tea cups/

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/thick snow in the garden/

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/the old village/

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/Namahage/

  • Namahage in traditional Japanese folklore is a demonlike being, portrayed by men wearing hefty ogre masks and traditional straw capes during a New Year's ritual of the Oga Peninsula area of Akita

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/snowy landscape/