Japan

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Japan

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Nagano City, Nagano

The Oni

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The Oni

Deep in the forested mountains of the Japanese Alps there are several creatures of darkness that any local will tell you would be far better off to never attempt to seek out. Bloodthirsty demons patrol where the air is more closed and the sun cannot reach. Massive and brawny complex, standing around 8 feet tall, possessing superhuman strength but a primal complex to feed, blood red skin and adorning nothing but a simple loincloth (like I said, primal), some say it can even shapeshift. It's looking to take what's left of your mangled body to Jigoku, the underworld, and there is no hope of escape once it's blank glowing eyes lock onto you, beware the scourge of the Japanese wilderness, the Oni.
I know how artificial it sounds, but the fog was periodically activating mist which made it look like a Halloween haunt (hence my decision to put it here). The fog looks so ominous and I have so much postable material (and it's gonna be tricky to try to make the others not look creepy but I will try). This was a bamboo farm outside Nikko (that was strangely called Wakayama farm, which is on the opposite side of Honshu). And I camped this area out desperately avoiding the rain and mosquitos under covered areas. It was an exhilarating change of pace.
When it came to pick back in the States, I really wanted to do one for the Halloween season first and I chose this one. I turned the blackpoint up but made sure to keep the small bits of natural illumination on the trees and the fog up, even the fence to my right. Mark my words, I will post from this location again I have so much more to give. Not to the beast I describe... no.... back up slowly....

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