Off the map
Abandoned Akeno Strip Club
Hushed visit to a haunted strip club with its mysterious red thread apparition ...
Easy walk
The Village of Yokaichi
The charming village of Yokaichi, in the countryside of Shikoku island, takes you back to the Meiji era. Its beautiful wooden houses are worth a lingering look.
Easy walk
Fujimori’s Tea houses In Nagano
Terunobu Fujimori is an architect and historian of architecture. He began his building career relatively late, in his early forties. Before that, he had forged a solid reputation as an academic.
Easy walk
The Strange Rock Ship of Masuda
The village of Asuka, in the Takaichi district of Nara prefecture, is famous for its mysterious stones.
Off the map
Ikeshima: A Semi-Abandoned Island
Ikeshima is the fallback island for explorers disappointed not to have visited Gunkanjima. But despite the shadow of its neighbour, this is a great island!
Off the map
The Abandoned Marugen Mansion
Mad jaunt to the abandoned art warehouse of a real-estate magnate overtaken by greed.
Off the map
Gluck Kingdom: An Abandoned Amusement Park on a German Theme
Gluck Kingdom is a theme park based on the Grimm Brothers’ fairytales. Opened 1 July 1989 in the small Hokkaido town of Obihiro, it closed its doors in 2007.
Lively
Osaka Great Peace Tower
This oddly designed tower is a cenotaph, in other words a funerary monument that doesn’t contain human remains but was erected in memory of a person, or group of people.
Haunting
Hachijo Royal Hotel: The Largest Abandoned Resort in Japan
It’s 300 kilometres from Tokyo, but that's where I meet up with my pal Martin for new adventures ... on a deserted island, in a forgotten hotel ...
Some hiking
The Mysterious Forest Circles of Miyazaki
I didn’t happen across these strange circles of trees while soaring over the Japanese landscape but, like many curious folk, I found them on social networks. As these always show the same photos, I decided to check them out with my very own aerial sensors.
Melancholic
Nagoro: Village of Dolls
For those who enjoy driving and don’t find cliffsides and mountain switchbacks too scary, the Iya Valley offers magnificent landscapes and dozens of remote villages, each one more picturesque than the last.
Easy walk
Inami: Yokamachi-dori (Cat Street)
Still dusty from exploring an abandoned clinic, on the way back to the car I chance upon a very pretty little street.
