Comments on: The great machine hall of Taro mine

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:52:11 +0000

Nice. You posted these a while ago, but I actually lived in taro a few years back and knew of the mines, but everyone was all like hush hush in telling me where they were located. I was searching for Taro Ni-Chuu was there was a Ichu and a San-chuu but no second school….and I wanted to know where these mines were. Guess they thought I would go and get myself killed or something. Great pics!

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:13:29 +0000

“Listen up, you!”

Love these museums of Japanese industrialisation, the history never fails to inspire.

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By: Florian

Florian — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:55:43 +0000

No problem – just don’t rely on the book too much if you come to Kansai. ????????? (No. 144 in the book) for example is nothing more than a pile of rubble by now as I found out today…
BTW: It would be great if you could write an article about the book and add updates like that. I plan to go on a haikyo trip to Kanto in spring and it would be great not to waste precious time on places not existing anymore.

By: MJG

MJG — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:31:50 +0000

Florian- Hey, glad you found the book- sometimes I’m slow to respond to comments on older posts, they pass me by.

Adam- Cheers, agreed.

Elle- Thanks so much! If you still need to know some locations get in touch again and I’ll point you in the right direction. Your abandoned University sounds cool, never seen anything quite like that myself- the closest I’ve come is high schools.

oys- A deep and thoughtful comment, thank you for taking the time. There’s a lot to be said about people who are interested in ruins, I’d agree. People who are interested in history, in art, in capturing and documenting the beauty of nature. It all comes together in ruins. I hope I can add something to what’s out there on the internet and in the world.

Michelle- Thanks, though these days my HDR shots are catching a lot of flak. I’ll put up some newer material with polls where people can choose whether they prefer the HDR shot or the natural light shot in the next week or so.

By: Florian

Florian — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:17:19 +0000

Never mind, found it – written in katakana…
If you ever come to Osaka / have questions about local haikyo please contact me, maybe I can help.

By: Florian

Florian — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:47:05 +0000

Hi Michael,

I absolutely love your blog and I’m always looking forward to updates. In this post you mention a book, Nippon no Haikyo – but it seems like I’m too stupid to find it anywhere… Is it out of print? If not I would be very grateful if you could post a link to amazon.co.jp or another place I can get it. Thanks a lot!

Greetings from Osaka,
Florian

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:31:16 +0000

Breathtaking, a real gem this one.

By: Elle

Elle — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:41:40 +0000

your stuff is amazing! my boyfriend and i are both subscribed to your feeds and love seeing all the new haikyos. we both do the same kind of thing over here in australia however there isnt as many cool abandoned buildings here that we have found yet. we have been to 4 or 5 already one being a large abandoned beach resort and another an old abandoned university (so cool everything was just completely left as is, including teachers offices and the library still filled with books, computers, and photocopiers. especially the science labs still with everything there!). we are both coming to japan at the end of the year hopefully for working holidays so maybe you could hook us up with some top places to visit (like ones that havent been demolished yet!) haha

elle

By: Elle

Elle — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:36:43 +0000

this stuff is amazing! my boyfriend and i are both subscribed and always wait for new haikyos from you! we both do the same kind of thing over here in australia, however the abandoned buildings arent as amazing of course. we have been to about 4 or 5 now including a large shutdown resort on the beach and an old tafe (university). hoping to come over to japan at the end of this year for a working holiday, maybe you would be able to send us some info on the best (and not yet demolished!) places to go!