Going Alone

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I first discovered this abandoned home over ten years ago. I first came upon it in a rain storm when I was struck by the very dark, almost black appearance of the place. I’ve since been back many times and have noted that the structure is always shrouded in a dark gloom in all weather and at every time of the day. I hope to one day return at night when I expect the place will appear as a inky hole in the night. Welcome to the Abandoned Japan blog. My name is Kurt Bell and I a

Here’s what may be our last look at a classic style Japanese farmhouse about to disappear forever into the green. Homes like this simply aren’t built anymore in Japan as the inner timbers were likely hand-hewn from locally felled timber and then held together with complex wood joints (no nails). The blackened exterior is not paint but instead the result of a special process by which the boards used to form the exterior are burned in a special charcoal kiln. This process has t

Here’s a farmhouse which is almost completely swallowed by the surrounding forest. The green was so dense I could get no nearer than where I took this photo. Like almost every abandoned home I find in these mountains I expect this place is fully furnished. Though I never enter these homes I can sometimes peek through the windows and I’m often surprised to see kitchens fully equipped to cook a meal and living rooms ready for an evening of family entertainment. I remember seein