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Eerie. Sulfuric. Hissing. A few of the words used in a travel guide that were more intriguing than those of a typical Japanese destination so we headed north to Japans Aomori prefecture to witness these curious adjectives first hand. Once in the town Mutsu, we boarded the local bus to Mt. Osorezen. The bus made an unannounced, roadside stop at a mountain spring. As the bus continued to the top of the mountain it all seemed normal, but then the breeze picked up and you could hear a faint squeaking noise. We walked onto the temple grounds and the pinwheels left behind by grieving parents came into view, thousands of colorful sticks whirling, some intact, some forced apart, others lying sideways on the rocks.

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