Being a mountainous country Japan has lots of cable cars and ropeways. And it seems like every single one of them was built in the late 1920s / early 1930s. A lot of them were demolished after just a couple of years in the 1940s to support the war efforts of Imperial Japan (every piece [...]
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Yashima Cable Car – Lower Terminus
Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Hiking, Japan, Kagawa, Shikoku, Transportation, Video, Visited in 2011 on 2012/05/30 | Leave a Comment »
The Lost Ruins Of Mount Yashima
Posted in Demolished, Hiking, Hotel / Ryokan, House, Japan, Kagawa, Map, Restaurant, Sacred Site, Shikoku, Visited in 2011 on 2011/11/28 | 2 Comments »
Nippon No Haikyo, probably the most famous Japanese book about urban exploration / haikyo since it was recommended plenty of times by both Japanese and foreign blogs because of its huge amount of maps, recommended Yashima as one of the top abandoned places in West Japan. In my opinion Nippon No Haikyo is vastly overrated – [...]