Easy Japanese news in translation: Ice trees at best in Yamagata Prefecture
At Zao Onsen Ski Resort in the city of Yamagata, ice trees conveying a feeling of winter are at their best. Ice trees are formed when snow and ice repeatedly stick to Maries' fir trees on Mount Jizo, ...
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