A stunning view of "juhyo," known as snow monsters, standing tall across the snowy landscape at the Zao Onsen in Yamagata Prefecture on Jan. 27 (Minako Yoshimoto) ...

The rime-covered trees are a popular tourist attraction and people from around Japan visit the Zao Onsen Ski Resort in Yamagata Prefecture to ski and snowboard in their midst.

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 ...

Favorite spots on the tour in Yamagata Prefecture include Zao’s famous “juhyo” (frost-covered trees), known as snow monsters, and the nostalgic, snow-covered streets of Ginzan Onsen in ...