Fureai Sekibutsu no Sato,Giappone
The Fureai Sekibutsu no Sato is a bizarre park in Japan located in the Toyama Prefecture, near the
city of Osawano. The park is home to over eight hundred stone statues of human figures which
are now swallowed up by abandoned vegetation. Visitors get the impression that their every move
is being watched. Some of the statues represent Buddhist deities, others reproduce the features
of people who actually existed.
Fureai Sekibutsu no Sato literally means "the village where Buddhist statues can be found". It was
created in 1989 by a Chinese sculptor, commissioned by Mutsuo Furukawa, a Japanese
entrepreneur who wanted to immortalize the memories of the important people and divinities in
his life. His objective was to create a park where guests could come to relax. It cost 6 billion yen,
or about 56 million dollars. He also built a rest stop, equipped with bus service which connects to
the nearby city.
Today the park gives off a bit of a spooky feel, tangled in plants with statues poking out from every
angle, making guests feel like they have fallen into Medusa’s lair, meet eyes with her and become
forever petrified. Photographer Ken Ohki, also known as Yukison, has immortalized this ghostly
park through photographs in a series called “unreal landscapes”.
The young photographer says he stumbled across the park and immediately felt a strange sense of
unease believing he had entered some sort of forbidden area. He confesses that he experienced a
"terrifying" experience and that he took the photos without ever looking behind him. It is said that
at sunset, when the park is completely enveloped by the shadows of the night, the statues come
to life.
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