For a growing number of people in Japan, a rewarding weekend involves ducking under rusty pipes, inching up crumbling stairs and soaking in the ambiance of rotting hotels, desolate amusement parks and ...

Originally, Hashima was a reef, with no vegetation. In 1890, it was developed into an artificial island to mine undersea coalfields by the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, founded by Iwasaki Yatarō. It supplied ...

This is the third installment in a series of films about abandoned places where grudges are still hanging in the air. While traversing Ibaraki Prefecture, a cameraman sprains his leg on a staircase ...

On the banks of Kinugawa River, a row of abandoned, crumbling hotels stands like a relic of a forgotten past. A destination that once thrived as a hot spring resort during Japan's bubble economy era ...

Combining two highly picturesque themes in haikyo (abandoned structures and places) and illuminated factories at night, this photo exhibit was a big-time success at Asakusabashi's Todays Gallery ...