Monsters of Mount Zhao
They have several names, including “snow monsters,” “ice monsters,” and “shrimp tails.” It is an unusual natural phenomenon that occurs every winter in the Zao Wonsin tourist area on Mount Zao in Japan, and the Japanese call it the "Johyo" phenomenon.
The upper slopes of Mount Zao, just below Kumano Peak, are covered in evergreen spruce forests tough enough to withstand the region's scorching summers and freezing winters. From late December to mid-March, harsh Siberian winds blow across the North Sea of Japan and the western plains of Yamagata, battering these wooded slopes, dropping two or three meters of snow to the ground and covering the trees in thick layers of snow and ice.
This rare combination of weather conditions and tree diversity causes the Juhyo effect, a constant cycle of ice accumulation that changes the jagged fir trees into surreal, bizarre shapes so massive that walking among them is like walking among an army of hideous monsters beneath the clouds. sky.
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