Just a couple of hundred meters down the road from the Imari Kawaminami Shipyard is another haikyo – visible from both the street and the train tracks next to it the place is nevertheless often overlooked…
Archive for June, 2011
Mukaiyama Mine (向山炭鉱)
Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Demolished, Japan, Kyushu, Mine, Nagasaki, Transportation, Video, Visited in 2011 on 2011/06/30 | 2 Comments »
Abandoned Kansai On Facebook
Posted in AK In Other Media, Uncategorized on 2011/06/30 | Leave a Comment »
Google launches Google+ – and Abandoned Kansai finally has a Facebook page… If you like this blog even just a little please *click it here* to like it on Facebook, too.
Imari Kawaminami Shipyard (伊万里川南造船所) – R.I.P.?
Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Demolished, Factory, Japan, Kyushu, Map, Military, Nagasaki, Shipyard, Video, Visited in 2011 on 2011/06/27 | 4 Comments »
Darn, me and my timing again… In my previous posting I referred to Gakuranman’s article about the Imari Kawaminami Shipyard – he mentioned a discussion in 2010 about demolishing the place; and I expressed how happy I was it didn’t happen between his visit and mine. Well, it seems like things are moving forward. The [...]
Imari Kawaminami Shipyard (伊万里川南造船所)
Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Factory, Japan, Kyushu, Map, Military, Nagasaki, Shipyard, Video, Visited in 2011 on 2011/06/17 | 6 Comments »
The Imari Kawaminami Shipyard (伊万里川南造船所), also known as the Kawanami Uranosaki Industrial Shipyard (川南工業浦之崎造船所) or the shorter version Kawanami Shipyard, is one of the best documented urban exploration spots (haikyo / 廃虚) in Japan. Pretty much all blogs about the topic cover the shipyard, Japanese as well as those written by foreigners living or visiting [...]
Back From The Island(s) – Again…
Posted in Abandoned, Amusement Park, Demolished, Factory, House, Japan, Kyushu, Mine, Nagasaki, Shipyard, Transportation, Visited in 2011 on 2011/06/02 | 4 Comments »
About 15 months ago I went on my first multi-day urban exploration trip: 3 days to Kyushu with my buddy Enric. A trip with lots of up and downs, visiting some amazing locations – Gunkanjima, the Katashima Suicide Training School and the winding tower of the Shime Coal Mine, now known to some people as [...]