2012 didn’t start well for urban exploration in Japan – January has been a sad month for abandoned places in Kyushu. Two of the most famous haikyo in southern Japan were demolished: The demolition of the *Kawaminami Shipyard* didn’t come as a surprise. It was decided on June 9th 2011 by the Yamashiro City Zoning [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Rest In Peace: Kawaminami Shipyard & Navelland
Posted in Abandoned, Amusement Park, Asia, Demolished, Fukuoka, Japan, Kyushu, Map, Nagasaki, Shipyard, Visited in 2011 on 2012/01/30 | Leave a Comment »
Selbstmordschule mit Meerblick – My Second Article On Spiegel Online
Posted in AK In Other Media, Spiegel Online on 2012/01/26 | Leave a Comment »
Liebe “Spiegel Online”-Leser, erneut herzlich willkommen auf Abandoned Kansai! Es freut mich sehr, dass Ihr Interesse an der Thematik des Artikels “Selbstmordschule mit Meerblick“ Sie dazu bewogen hat, diesen Blog zu besuchen. (Der Artikel heißt wohl inzwischen “Kamikaze-Schule mit Meerblick”, aber das war soweit ich sehen kann die einzige Änderung.) Der einestages-Beitrag basiert auf den folgenden vier [...]
Abandoned Poultry Farm
Posted in Abandoned, Animals, Asia, Chugoku, Factory, Japan, Okayama, Video, Visited in 2012 on 2012/01/19 | 3 Comments »
I have to admit: Finding and exploring the abandoned poultry farm in Okayama prefecture was one of the most rewarding and exciting experiences since I started urban exploration. It was unusual in many ways and I’m so eager to tell you about it, that this has become the fastest published article in Abandoned Kansai history [...]
Daikyo Driving School
Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Driving School, Hyogo, Japan, Kansai, School, Transportation, Video, Visited in 2010 on 2012/01/12 | 4 Comments »
And now to something completely different – an abandoned driving school in Japan. Well, since it’s abandoned and in Japan I guess it’s not that different, but how many abandoned driving schools have you seen? Especially since it’s so much more than just a driving school, at least by what I’m used to. In Germany [...]
North Korean School In Gifu / Chongryon School
Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Chūbu, Gifu, Japan, North Korea, School, Video, Visited in 2011 on 2012/01/05 | Leave a Comment »
In mid-December of 2011 the North Korean “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-il died coincidentally at around the same time I wrote my article about the abandoned *K-1 Pachinko Parlor* (about 30 to 40 % of Japanese pachinko parlors have ties to North Korea) – and the whole North Korea thing came back to my mind. You [...]
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