Photograph stumbled upon eerie Japanese village with hundreds of statues
Photograph stumbled upon eerie Japanese village with hundreds of statues
Japanese photographer Ken Ohki, better known under the pseudonym Yukison, traveled in Toyama Prefecture and stumbled upon an eerie collection of human sculptures scattered throughout the village Fureai Sekibutsu no Sato. The name of the unusual settlement can be translated as The Village, where you can meet a Buddhist statue.
I thought I stumbled on some forbidden place. Incredible - Ken wrote on Twitter.
In fact, he came to the park, which contains about 800 stone statues, carved in the likeness of Buddhist deities and family of the founder of the park, Matsuo Furukawa. He expected that the park will become a popular destination for tourists, where people come to relax. The idea is good, of course, but over time the statues lost their aura of serenity and peace, and now seem to be rather scary than soothing.