*Nara Dreamland* is the current haikyo hot spot in Kansai, maybe in all of Japan. But the area including Osaka, Nara, Kyoto and Kobe is also the home of a classic urbex location: the Maya Tourist Hotel. (A.k.a. Maya Kanko Hotel, Mayakan, Mount Maya Hotel, Mount Maya Onsen Hotel, and Gunkan Hotel – Battleship Hotel [...]
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The Maya Tourist Hotel
Posted in Abandoned, Hiking, Hotel / Ryokan, Hyogo, Japan, Kansai, Restaurant, Spa / Onsen, Video, Visited in 2010 on 2011/12/16 | 4 Comments »
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Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Hotel / Ryokan, Japan, Shikoku, Spa / Onsen, Tokushima, Visited in 2010 on 2011/04/28 | Leave a Comment »
After visiting the Sky Rest New Muroto in the southern part of Shikoku Jordy and I got back on the road to find an abandoned school in the middle of nowhere about 50 kilometers away. While the most popular way of finding places to explore seems to be (mostly useless) books like Nippon No Haikyo [...]
The Tokushima Countryside Healthspa (お水荘ヘルスピア)
Posted in Abandoned, Amusement Park, Asia, Hotel / Ryokan, Japan, Shikoku, Spa / Onsen, Sports, Tokushima, Video, Visited in 2010, Zombies on 2011/04/06 | 6 Comments »
Bathing is a very important aspect of Japanese culture, deeply rooted in centuries-old traditions. Although most apartments and houses have their own baths nowadays (unlike 30 years ago), public bath houses are still popular even in residential areas of big Japanese cities. Onsen and sentō are gender-separated places of tranquility where people enjoy a relaxing [...]
Zone Of Alienation – Pripyat: Swimming Pool “Lazúrnyj” (“Lazurny” – Azure)
Posted in Abandoned, Europe, Map, Pripyat, Spa / Onsen, Sports, Ukraine, Video, Visited in 2010, Zone Of Alienation on 2011/01/31 | 1 Comment »
After enjoying the stunning view from the roof top of an apartment building in Pripyat’s north we drove back to the center of the city to visit a classic sightseeing spot pretty much all visitors to the Zone Of Alienation and quite a few fans of video games know very well – the swimming pool [...]
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 [...]
Haikyo Road Trip To Shikoku
Posted in Abandoned, Asia, Hospital, Hotel / Ryokan, Hyogo, Japan, Kansai, Kindergarten / Nursery, Kochi, Pachinko, School, Shikoku, Spa / Onsen, Tokushima, Visited in 2010 on 2010/11/24 | 14 Comments »
Recently I went on a three day road trip to Awaji Island and Shikoku. Fellow urban explorer Jordy came down to Kobe, we rented a car and off we went. Since Jordy likes to drive and I like to do research we combined our powers to go to some places off the beaten tracks. Pretty [...]
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