Photographer James Whitlow Delano visited Japan’s Mount Zao and Hokkaido’s Sea of Okhotsk coast and found these haunting images.

"Join me on a guided adventure to uncover Japan's mysterious 'snow monsters'—the stunning frost-covered trees of Mount Zao. Explore this winter wonderland and discover the legend behind these ...

Zao Onsen Ski Resort's snow monsters are Japan's wildest winter wonder In search of a unique Japanese winter adventure, this traveller ventured to a mysterious winter wonderland - a ski resort ...

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 ...

Snow monsters on Mt Zao, Yamagata, Japan. Picture: Alamy Ringed by craggy mountain peaks, we were serenely alone by a frozen lake and trees laden with clumps of snow.

Zao Onsen Ski Resort's snow monsters are Japan's wildest winter wonder In search of a unique Japanese winter adventure, this traveller ventured to a mysterious winter wonderland - a ski resort ...