Hidden in the town of Osawano, Japan is a sculpture garden with 800 lifelike statues of Buddhist deities alongside replicas of real people. Commissioned by Mutsuo Furukawa, this collection was recently re-discovered in 2016 by a photographer who stumbled upon the abandoned park. It is said that the people depicted were friends and family of Mutsuo; however, it is unclear whether or not they were aware of their stony clones.
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41 Comments
It's a Who reference and not SCP.
Japanese are big on Doctor Who, see; https://youtu.be/kt3qZYUPi2Y
That at night would put me on edge
Damn. A smiling statue is a huge no-no.
i blinked but i didnt turn into stone like them.
A Doctor who fans worst nightmare
Horrible..
Creepy
This is just….so creepy.
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Docter who must've shit his pants
Reminded me of Ben Stiller's Night at the Museum
I’m getting BotW vibes
Hello Sweetie…
Weeping Angels?
Why is there such a disparity in negative comments between the LGBT features and the rest of great big story? I thought the audience for G.B.S. leans more educated and tolerant…
Caught the doctor who reference 😋 Am I supposed to feel smart?
I'm slightly creep out
1989? It's not so long ago. Many of them might still be alive and could tell us more about the man and the purpose of all this.
So the nearby town was named depicting the supposedly forgotten statues that no one knew were there until 2016?! :/
Yo love this!💥
Nice doctor who reference
"The Whipping Statue's"
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Medusa was there
Weeping Angels?
I tried finding this place on Google Maps, and totally struck out in the attempt. Is the Osawano mentioned the town in Toyama-ken?
Why is it abandoned? I mean it's spooky but beautiful too.
Cool
I GENUINELY DIDNT BLINK WHILE WATHING THIS , EVEN I DONT KNOW THE VIDEO TITLE ,,,,,
SCP-173 reference in the title
This is amazing. 🙏🏽
How awesome is this?? I love landscape art. So awesome inspiring 🥰
So spend the night there and find out!!! 😳😳😳
NEW HORROR MOVIE IDEA
This has gotta be Medusa's garden lol
Just watched some bone chilling Japanese urban legends and now I am getting this in recommendation😱. Imma never gonna go to Japan.
Imagine spending all that money on a statue garden instead of donating the money
oh dang it's Auntie Em's Garden Statue Emporium
WOW
That's all i could say.
Man, places like these really give a surreal feeling.
Real life dr stone?
Everything we see in these statues is a sign for us to learn but instead we look the other way to bleak wars n more – if history carnt warn us to change our ways the future is scarey – ask anyone there opinion- we avint been here that long at all – there was many before us — statues