Urban Exploration

Urban Exploration

We slip through Japan’s forgotten corridors; silent rooftops, rusted tunnels, and cities paused in time.

Aokigahara: Haunting Beauty & Silence at Mount Fuji Easy walk
Summer

Japan’s Suicide Forest: Aokigahara

Aokigahara, known as Japan’s suicide forest, is a unique place in other ways. Silent, no wildlife in sight, magnificent trees and shrubs, and really easy to lose yourself in.

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Half day (3–5 hours) for forest walks + one or two lava caves; full day if combining multiple caves/trails around Fuji Five Lakes
Scene of nature reclaiming historic structure at Futtsu Park in Japan Off the map
Chiba

Futtsu Park

Futtsu has something special to offer (who’d have thought it!) – a park on a small narrow peninsula. By stretching things a little (6 kilometres anyway), you can reach the seaport of Yokosuka on the other side and make a complete tour of Tokyo Bay.

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Forgotten beauty of Nichitsu Village: nature reclaiming Japans abandoned mining community. Haunting
Saitama

Nichitsu Ghost Town

The abandoned tin-mining village, about 50 km from Chichibu in Saitama, can also be reached from Kofu in Yamanashi.

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Abandoned Western Village ruins in Tochigi Haunting
Tochigi

The Abandoned Western Village in Japan

Exploration of the abandoned Western Village in Japan with three girls who enjoyed pretending to be part of a western movie.

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Allure of Mystical Forest Hydro Plant in Aomori, Japan Hidden
Japan

Best Abandoned Places in Japan (2015–2016)

Japan has many ruins, abandoned places, and ghost spots. Here are my favorite urbex locations in Japan for the past two years.

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Abandoned gaming center: Kawasaki Warehouse urban exploration captures eerie decay and gaming ambiance. Cinematic
Kanagawa

Kawasaki Warehouse: Kowloon Walled City

Wandering along a Kawasaki avenue, ready for anything, I come across a mournful-looking building that’s impossible to ignore.

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Ruins of Nara Dreamland at sunset Haunting
Nara

Nara Dreamland: The End of a Dream

Nara Dreamland was an abandoned amusement park. I've just spent a year in Nara (2015-2016), a kilometre from the park, so it's time for me to write a little epilogue.

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Miki poses in front of Nakagin Tower Hidden
Interview

Nakagin Capsule Tower

So everyday, I was walking from Ginza and Shiodome and on the way, here it was: the Nakagin Capsule Tower.

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Abandoned beauty of Gunkanjima, Japans haunted Battleship Island Haunting
Japan

Gunkanjima: Photos & Stories

Abandoned in 1974, the Battleship Island (Gunkanjima) turned into the Ghost Island and soon became one of the most famous spot for urban exploration.

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