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Julian Rosalie | profile | all galleries >> Japan >> A taste of Japan >> aomori/青森県 >> Hunting for Oni in Aomori tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Hunting for Oni in Aomori

In some regions of Aomori the ubiquitous Torii gates outside Shinto shrines have a little twist; they are decorated with statues of Oni (鬼), or something vaguely like a Western ogre.

There are around 35 shrines with such statues around Aomori prefecture in the north of Honshu island.

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