Japan's iconic \"juhyo,\" or snow monsters of Mount Zao, are shrinking due to climate change and forest pest outbreaks. These ...

For Taniai, protecting the Juhyo means passing their legacy to the next generation. "They are called snow monsters because ...

At night, the Zao Snow Monsters are illuminated with colored lights so visitors can continue to marvel them after dark. Photograph by Michael George As Japan’s tourism hot spots attract more and more ...

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 ...

YAMAGATA—Insect infestations are reducing the famed “ice monsters” of the Zao mountain range to mere shadows of their former hulking selves, a survey by Yamagata University and its research partners ...

ZAO ONSEN, JAPAN >> Ashley Huang had seen the pictures on the internet, and they were mesmerizing: huge, Godzilla-like creatures, naturally formed by snow and ice, encasing conifer trees spread across ...

ZAO ONSEN, Japan — Ashley Huang had seen the pictures on the internet, and they were mesmerizing: huge, Godzilla-like creatures, naturally formed by snow and ice, encasing conifer trees spread across ...

As Japan’s tourism hot spots attract more and more travelers, there’s never been a better time to go off the beaten path and explore relatively under-visited places like Yamagata Prefecture. While ...

Feb 21 -- 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 ...