Comments on: Haikyo Roundup http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/06/haikyo-roundup/ a Ruins Explorer and SF / Fantasy Author in Japan Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:15:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lee http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/06/haikyo-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-5359 Lee Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:00 +0000 http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/?p=2969#comment-5359 Whoops, sorry Mike, forgot about mailing you the details. I'll get a map together and send it over to you tomorrow. Whoops, sorry Mike, forgot about mailing you the details. I’ll get a map together and send it over to you tomorrow.

]]> By: MJG http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/06/haikyo-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-5345 MJG Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:06:04 +0000 http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/?p=2969#comment-5345 Richard- Right, thanks again for that tip-off and info, sorry to forget who you were :(. Most difficult, it's definitely in the top 3. Alongside it would be Kemigawa Transmission base which is simply impossible to get into, and the Negishi Grandstand which required climbing skills as well as bottle to do it right next to a US Navy base. Post going up this Friday. Kev- I haven't seen for myself, but I heard from two separate reports it's kind of a no-go now. You don't want to get caught if the owners are vigorously protecting the place. Tom- Ah, well. The skate kids were there when I went both times, at least in the tennis courts area, but I suppose they're getting bolder of late. At least the hotel rooms are still weirdly pristine. Good note on the overgrowth, I was in shorts and sandals when I went and ploughed through regardless- got pretty well scratched up. I enjoyed your photos- shame about the water on the lens, the slides look great slick with rain. Richard- Right, thanks again for that tip-off and info, sorry to forget who you were :( . Most difficult, it’s definitely in the top 3. Alongside it would be Kemigawa Transmission base which is simply impossible to get into, and the Negishi Grandstand which required climbing skills as well as bottle to do it right next to a US Navy base. Post going up this Friday.

Kev- I haven’t seen for myself, but I heard from two separate reports it’s kind of a no-go now. You don’t want to get caught if the owners are vigorously protecting the place.

Tom- Ah, well. The skate kids were there when I went both times, at least in the tennis courts area, but I suppose they’re getting bolder of late. At least the hotel rooms are still weirdly pristine. Good note on the overgrowth, I was in shorts and sandals when I went and ploughed through regardless- got pretty well scratched up. I enjoyed your photos- shame about the water on the lens, the slides look great slick with rain.

]]> By: Tom (Cousinmacho) http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/06/haikyo-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-5256 Tom (Cousinmacho) Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:43:17 +0000 http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/?p=2969#comment-5256 Hi Mike. Thanks for the link. I went to Sports World today. The main building (the restaurant in particular) is in a really bad way - hardly a piece of glass left intact anywhere. It seems as though the local youth use the place as something of a social venue - I noticed a bin full of empty, recent-looking beercans in there, and the furniture had been arranged in such a way as to suggest that it was being used for regular meet-ups. The car park at the front has also been turned into a makeshift skatepark - I figure that the kids go inside for a bit of mindless vandalism once they get tired of skateboarding. In happier news, the hotel rooms that I checked out were all in the untouched, well-preserved condition you describe in your initial report. A word of warning: access to Sports World is super-easy, but navigating around the site is quite perilous at times, given how overgrown the place has become. The area around the pool and waterslides is especially jungle-like at the moment; I wouldn't recommend attempting an explore here unless you're wearing some long trousers and sturdy, closed footwear. Anyway, photos here, if you're interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cousinmacho/sets/72157620538617687/ Hi Mike.

Thanks for the link.

I went to Sports World today. The main building (the restaurant in particular) is in a really bad way – hardly a piece of glass left intact anywhere. It seems as though the local youth use the place as something of a social venue – I noticed a bin full of empty, recent-looking beercans in there, and the furniture had been arranged in such a way as to suggest that it was being used for regular meet-ups. The car park at the front has also been turned into a makeshift skatepark – I figure that the kids go inside for a bit of mindless vandalism once they get tired of skateboarding.

In happier news, the hotel rooms that I checked out were all in the untouched, well-preserved condition you describe in your initial report.

A word of warning: access to Sports World is super-easy, but navigating around the site is quite perilous at times, given how overgrown the place has become. The area around the pool and waterslides is especially jungle-like at the moment; I wouldn’t recommend attempting an explore here unless you’re wearing some long trousers and sturdy, closed footwear.

Anyway, photos here, if you’re interested:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cousinmacho/sets/72157620538617687/

]]> By: Kev http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/06/haikyo-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-5238 Kev Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:23:15 +0000 http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/?p=2969#comment-5238 Oh man, The Royal is now kitted out with security cameras? I suppose there's every chance they could be fake, but then if the building is for sale...Don't think I'd want to risk it, though I had planned on going :( Oh man, The Royal is now kitted out with security cameras? I suppose there’s every chance they could be fake, but then if the building is for sale…Don’t think I’d want to risk it, though I had planned on going :(

]]> By: Richard http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/06/haikyo-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-5218 Richard Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:28:55 +0000 http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/?p=2969#comment-5218 I sent you an email a few months ago about Namegawa, with links to my photos, a video and google map link, as well as a little history on the park. I assume that might be it? :-) Glad to hear you went. I saw Paul's posting and photos, looking forward to hopefully seeing yours as well. Was this the most difficult haikyo to gain entry to (that you go in) or the dirtiest? I think my email may have mentioned it might be difficult to get into. LOL I sent you an email a few months ago about Namegawa, with links to my photos, a video and google map link, as well as a little history on the park. I assume that might be it? :-)

Glad to hear you went. I saw Paul’s posting and photos, looking forward to hopefully seeing yours as well.

Was this the most difficult haikyo to gain entry to (that you go in) or the dirtiest? I think my email may have mentioned it might be difficult to get into. LOL

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