Comments on: Top 5 Japanese Ghost Towns

By: Adit

Adit — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:28:44 +0000

awesome picture
so there was a god of cooper in japan, that’s cool

By: Petzie~*

Petzie~* — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:27:00 +0000

uwahh..these sure are the most-unwanted place that cross my mind..,i will never go there uwah…,thanx a lot for the information thou,,, and the one with blue pool, uwahh, i thought its because its healthy or cool seawater or stuff, but its full chemical stuff yikes…

By: MJG

MJG — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:42:35 +0000

Jon- Thanks a lot for the tip, I`ll look out for it.

Notmy- Another great tip, thanks very much, I`ll look into it. Theme Parks are some of the best ruins around. As for the J-economy going down, I think we`re already there aren`t we?

By: Notmy Realname

Notmy Realname — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:58:56 +0000

Excellent article! There is a small abandoned amusement park in Kaga, north of Fukui, behind the enormous gold Kannon statue visible everywhere from the highways. The statue rivals the Statue of Libery for height. It is the perfect place to shoot a rock music video. The gold Kannon is hardly visited (my brother and I were the only ones there that day). Next to the statue is a hall full of 1000 plastic gold Bodhisattva statues laid out like the real wooden ones in Kyoto in Sanjusangendo. Very tacky place, but great for photographs! I can see this hall and the statue becoming an abandoned property if the Japanese economy hits the skids.

By: Jon Heese

Jon Heese — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:24:45 +0000

There is a coal mining ghost town near Iwaki in Fukushima. I can’t quite remember where it is, but there is a coal mining museum in the city where you could ask for directions.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106650589131263938587.000473c45ea51627f895c&ll=37.013519,140.752029&spn=0.174079,0.371819&z=12

By: MJG

MJG — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:24:55 +0000

Al- Cheers!

By: Alice

Alice — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:33:29 +0000

Awesome Mike, have posted it up on my site and twitter and everywhere! x

By: Japanese Nostalgic Car – Blog » Blog Archive » Haikyo: Exploring JDM Ruins

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:01:46 +0000

[...] eye candy. Rarely do you find any content that’s in Japan, but here’s some from Michael John Grist. His latest photographic explorations are of abandoned Japanese mining towns. Eerie. His blog [...]

By: MJG

MJG — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:57:31 +0000

SY- I wouldn`t trust that crazy Bear with my grandmother- he`d probably eat her too. Mmm, not my favorite..

Loco- Thanks, and after you on diving in to the pools

Chris- Cheers, and yes, it was kind of creepy to look on…

By: Chris (i-cjw.com)

Chris (i-cjw.com) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:19:41 +0000

Awesome stuff, as always. That brain in the jar, though….