An otherworldly sight was spotted above a town in Tottori prefecture, Japan, on May 11, 2024.

A user by the name of Maashii posted to X (formerly Twitter) an intriguing picture of what appears to be nine pillars of light appearing in the night sky above Daisen, a coastal town:

Photo from @maashii_taiyo/X.

According to his X biography, Maashii works in Daisen as a "tourism producer". He told Hint-pot, which reported on the story on May 14, that the lights could be seen in the direction of the Sea of Japan.