Love hotels and especially hospitals make for much better haikyo, but whereas businesses simply go bankrupt, somebody abandoning their abode is far more mysterious — and immeasurably more melancholy.
Like this rather pitiful looking place for example.
As, while it may be way out by the woods, it presumably still cost a pretty penny, and more importantly was a home, possibly even a sweet one, for somebody. But now its views of the mountains are sadly masked by the overgrown garden,
which has also wormed its way inside.
And, after working one’s way through,
the place reveals that its shoji screens,
and a bit of the wall,
are decidedly decrepit. As is the nearby shed.
Which, while laughably still locked,
boasts only a bicycle. The owner having presumably left by a different means of transport.
Whatever that may have been.
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Still nicer than some of the places I’ve lived in.
Cleaner too!!
Wow, It look so spooky, I love this
What a mystic place…
I’d love to know where it is and whether the property is on the market. Courtesy of the in-laws, we have an utterly charmless plot in Gifu-ken I’d love to swap.
It was a while ago when I took the pics Namazu, but I have a feeling the house is by the side of Saiko, near Fuji-san. Which, if things aren’t going all that well, is only a short hop to Aokigahara, the infamous suicide forest.
Not necessarily ideal after a bad day at work or a particularly melancholy Monday morning…
Those are good shots!
creepy man! I really like 302
Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing!
ermmm spooky feeeling… look like the movie “Slit mouthed women” house
Nice find. Did you randomly walk by this haikyo house or had you known about it?
The latest haikyo I went on took me to a Russian Village theme park in Niigata Prefecture: http://jasoncollin.org/2008/09/26/niigata-russian-village-haikyo-urban-exploring/
What camera did you take those shots with?
That Russian village looks fantastic Jason. A trip there may well be in order.
We were lucky enough to see the house by the road as we drove past, and went to investigate. There were no other houses nearby either, so there was no risk of being seen.
I have a Nikon D40X. Upgrading to a DSLR last year was one of the best things I have ever done. Just wish I’d made the leap earlier that’s all.
Hey! You stalker! What are you taking pictures of my house for?
Sorry Nick, but a quick run round with the vacuum cleaner every now and again might stop people wandering in off the street!