The Russian Village is one of the first abandoned leisure parks in Japan I’ve seen pictures about, but that’s actually the last I have visited. We enter carefully but once inside it’s safe. Mimi reminds me that many explorers got caught there and there are many warning panels nearby the entrance. After a few shots, we leave for the Russian Village. We make up for it with the stunning view on the Milky Way but Mimi doesn’t dare to get out from the car : some noises are coming out from the thickets ! Ok, I must admit that I am not that reassured neither. Ah, to my knowledge there’s only one thing that frightens her : bears !! It’s past midnight and the path to the mining plant we wanted to explore is blocked by snow. She takes some great pictures and I really admire her work and boldness. Spring 2013. I am visiting Akita’s prefecture for the first time, along with a 18 years old haikyoist, Mimi (that’s her name!). I like the idea of adding a bit of life in an abandoned place but the point is that these figurines are a bit hentaï-fashioned…or maybe should I try with a Totoro? Russian Village Maybe the use of a figurine is a bit weird ? I used to play with these for months but I never did it again after. There’s no much more to see and shoot in this place but it became immediately on of my favorite haikyo. I take the opportunity to put Yoko in one of the capsules. That’s the first photo subject I was dreaming about. 15 years of silence…īut here we are, there is a nicely rusted big wheel in this small amusement park. Nevertheless, the small children park looks incredibly serene. The road to Kejonuma Leisure Land is battered and cracked. The hobby would probably not be the same without them… I have a lot of respect for him and his group because they spend a lot of time finding new haikyo and do their best to protect them. ![]() No big wheel in this abandoned aquatic park unfortunately, but a strong virus lies there: after this visit, it became impossible for me to spend a week end without visiting a haikyo!īut I’m wandering from the point…where am I now ? I’m in Tohoku with Nikozouji, a Japanese who has been visiting haikyo for longer than I did. He has visited dozens of them but I really clicked on this one, The Sports World. Never mind, there must be others! I discovered then Michael John Grist’s website, a British haikyoist. My research led me to a former haikyo now wiped out. Although unaware of it, I was already an urbex seeker, a haikyoist. Then I needed a shooting subject for the week end but I had only one idea in mind: to find back this abandoned big wheel. In 2010, following a friend’s advice, I buy my first DSLR camera. But the picture of this abandoned big wheel remained engraved in me for years. Yet my passion for haikyo did not break out at this moment. A colleague had shared with us an incredible picture taken by this photographer: an abandoned big wheel in the middle of a forest. It is the most popular website about haikyo even if it hasn’t changed that much during the last years. I discovered the Japanese website Deflation Spiral when I settled in Japan in 2008. In the meantime if you want to see more photos on Tenkaen, you’ll find some here. We will visit another abandoned park in Hokkaido later. Together with several other parks, it had been created to attract visitors in the area but alas… The park was built in 1992 and closed only 7 years later. Let’s go to the top of the pagoda have a global view of the park. Decay adds some character to the place in a positive way, we could think we are in a version of the Summer Palace that would have been left to the ravages of time.Įverything is there, the Moon Gate, the pagoda and a sort of garden that reminds me Kunming’s Stone Forest. The atmosphere is realistic and reminds me the year I spent in China. The sky is clearing and this haikyo is going to be an enjoyable and easy exploration. Nobody’s there and the park is only protected by some very small barrier, a few centimeters’ high. We park our car in front of the entrance. The pagoda appears clearly among the vegetation and can be seen from afar. The abandoned Chinese park is easy to find. ![]() I feel like I am driving in a foreign country: the landscape looks wider, hilly and the air feels so much fresher than in Tokyo! We just landed on Hokkaido and are already on the road. Follow me for a haikyo trip around the world… while staying in Japan. ![]() Perfect time to pay a new visit to a few abandoned amusement parks! After my series dedicated to abandoned hospitals and forgotten schools, I didn’t wanted to let you down so here is a post dedicated to amusement parks. A clear sky, rising temperature, it feels like holidays.
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