A few weeks back, I visited the Oni no Yakata (Demon Museum) in Kitakami and then neglected to show off all the cool photos I snapped. If you do go, I recommend having a car to get you there. There are buses only every few hours so I decided to take a taxi. How much could it cost? (It cost around 25 bucks!) Cool addendum to this though, the proprietor of the joint gave me a lift back to the train station and not only did he refuse to take any money from me, he reimbursed me 200 yen that was overcharged for the postcards I had purchased.
This guy greets you as you enter.
Kappa!
Be sure to click on any of these pics to Oni-size them.
This gal is so cute...until...
On the wall (mostly masks from Iwate Prefecture).
Some very cool 2 metre tall wall sculptures.
International Demons from Indonesia, Thailand, Tibet, Bhutan, China, Peru, etc.
Best...Mask...Ever! A Krampus mask from Austria with a writeup about it.
A lovely mural.
Oni-dancers.
This guy is called Chuckles.
Some Oni are males and some are females. Try and guess which is which.
I think this one is a baby.
Tengu!
Oni-kites and crafts.
Hey, Hey, Hey, it's GeGeGe.
I'm declaring it here and now that this is where I wish to hold my wedding ceremony if I can ever convince someone to marry me.
