When you think of Japan which other country comes to mind? Probably Korea since it’s a neighboring country and both countries share an inglorious common history. China, of course, a major influence for centuries – from city planning to food. Most likely the United States as no other country had more impacted on Japan in [...]
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Yamaguchi New Zealand Village
Posted in Abandoned, Amusement Park, Animals, Asia, Chugoku, House, Japan, Museum, New Zealand, Restaurant, Video, Visited in 2012, Yamaguchi on 2012/04/27 | Leave a Comment »
Japanese Sex Museum
Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Chugoku, Japan, Museum, Sex Industry, Video, Visited in 2012, Yamaguchi on 2012/03/23 | 11 Comments »
The abandoned Japanese Sex Museum (a.k.a. the Mansion of the Hidden Treasure) first caught my attention in 2009 when I first started doing some research about haikyo on Japanese blogs. Three years ago the museum showed up on two or three homepages; both urbex and more general pop culture blogs. After that it basically disappeared, [...]
On The Road Again – Southern Honshu Spring 2012
Posted in Abandoned, Amusement Park, Asia, Chugoku, Hiking, Hiroshima, Hotel / Ryokan, House, Japan, Military, Museum, New Zealand, Race Track, Sex Industry, Sports, Strip Club, Theater, Video, Visited in 2012, Yamaguchi on 2012/03/22 | 4 Comments »
Spring time is long weekend trip time! While Kansai doesn’t have much of a winter it nevertheless can be quite cold, especially when having a hobby involving taking pictures in abandoned places, other places of Japan can be snowed in for months with meters of snow… So when the sun finally warms the hearts of [...]
Former Iranian General Consulate (Persia House)
Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Consulate, House, Hyogo, Japan, Kansai, Map, Museum, Visited in 2012 on 2012/03/15 | Leave a Comment »
The Tohoku Earthquake of March 11th 2011 was a horrible, horrible event. I was on the 16th floor of an office building in Osaka at the time, almost 1,000 km away from the epicenter – but looking at the faces of my Japanese colleagues I could see that most of them remembered another horrible earthquake: [...]
New (Old) Videos!
Posted in Abandoned, Amusement Park, Asia, Hotel / Ryokan, House, Hyogo, Japan, Kansai, Museum, Nara, Restaurant, Shiga, Video, Visited in 2009, Visited in 2010 on 2011/09/03 | 2 Comments »
Today I had a look at some rather old videos shot at locations I already wrote articles about. None of them were intended to be published, so the camera work might be a bit rushed occasionally, but I decided to upload them anyways as I think there might be some interest in them out there [...]
Zone Of Alienation – Pripyat: The Palace Of Culture “Energetik”
Posted in Abandoned, Europe, Map, Museum, Pripyat, School, Spa / Onsen, Sports, Ukraine, Visited in 2010, Zone Of Alienation on 2011/01/12 | Leave a Comment »
The Palace of Culture was a typical institution of the Eastern bloc. The huge buildings were the meeting point for people to enjoy all kinds of recreational activities like sports and arts – and of course they were used for political indoctrination. The PoC usually included a cinema (some of them with several screens), a [...]
The Young People’s Plaza & Museum
Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Hyogo, Japan, Kansai, Monument, Museum, Visited in 2010 on 2010/12/09 | 5 Comments »
Growing up in Germany education about history is almost omnipresent, both in school and on TV. Most people know about the proud events and people of the past – Arminius defeating the Romans, Charlemagne unifying Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven becoming one of the greatest composers of all time, the German Revolution of 1848, … there [...]
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