Urban Exploration

Urban Exploration

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

Discover the eerie beauty of the abandoned Maya Hotel in Kobe, Japan. Haunting
Hyogo

Maya Hotel: The Most Famous Abandoned Hotel

Does that ever feel strange to you to think that the only way to the hotel is through the cable car?

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Desolate Beauty: Abandoned Arches on Gunkanjima, Nagasaki, Japan. Haunting
Gunkanjima

Gunkanjima: A Full-Moon Night

The night adventure on Gunkanjima started after some refreshments and a couple Onikoroshi.

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Abandoned Dodge car in mystical forest, frozen in time Haunting
Japan

15 Best Abandoned Places in Japan 2012

We are heading into the new year of 2013, regretting not to have the world ended all together in 2012. Thus I am put together my favorite 15 haikyo in Japan, to remind us that the world is never too far from its final end.

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Sunset Over Abandoned Gunkanjima Haunting
Gunkanjima

Gunkanjima: Between Hell & Paradise

The place at the top of Gunkanjima Island is one of the least visited: it is the home of the masters, of those who were in control of the island.

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Forgotten Wonderland: Haunting beauty of abandoned amusement park in Yamaguchi, Japan. Off the map
Chugoku

Desolated New Zealand Village

New Zealand Village is a place that is only suitable for a perfect weather, with nice breeze and a relaxed heart.

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Eerie night view of abandoned Nara Dreamland Roller Coaster in Japan. Haunting
Nara

Nara Dreamland: The Abandoned Rollercoasters

Nara Dreamland - the last big abandoned attraction park in Japan - is still standing 2 years later after my first visit !

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Decaying Japanese Hospital in Kanto: Urban Exploration Relic Haunting
Japan

Little Abandoned Japanese Clinics

I am a great fun of abandoned hospitals, they are my favorite type of haikyo. Not those empty concrete buildings, but the small wooden clinics rotting away quietly in the countryside without anyone noticing.

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Overgrown Shiraishi Mine ruins in Kansai, Japan Off the map
Japan

Shiraishi Mine: An Endless Discovery

The gigantic wooden shelves could not stand against the strong wind, nor did the limestone powder stored on those shelves which was mostly washed away with the rain.

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Abandoned teacher’s room on Gunkanjima, Japan Haunting
Urban Exploration

Gunkanjima: The Haunted School

The wind whistles through the wide open windows, when it cease, you hear he ocean waves breaking on the concrete walls of the island. The silent piano seems to be listening as well.

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