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At an elevation of more than 6,000 feet near the top of a volcano exists a land of snow monsters. On the summit of the volcanic Mount Zao in Japan, about 220 miles north of Tokyo, an unusual natural phenomenon gives birth to snowy, monster-like figures every year The strange occurrence, which the Japanese call "Juhyo,". The snow monsters can look even cooler at night, as some of the monsters are illuminated in a variety of flashy colors. According to reporting from The Atlantic, the snow monsters are created through the repeated process of high winds blowing snow onto rime ice that then binds to trees and tree branches, creating snow clumps that appear monster-like Thousands of tourists travel across Japan each year to see the so-called snow monsters, which typically are around from the end of January through mid-March