Michael John Grist » Izu

Sports World Retrospective

MJG — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:38:54 +0000

Sports World was a large sports and water park in Shizuoka, Japan. It was opened in 1988, closed in 1996 after the company went bankrupt, lived on as a ‘haikyo’ or ruin for 14 years more years, then was demolished...

Izu roadside haikyo

MJG — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:33:13 +0000

Here`s a haikyo I chanced upon almost a year ago in Izu, while haikyoing with Mike (and Jason?). It`s not particularly awesome in any way, it just has some nice peeling red and white paint, and a cool Coke fridge....

Japan’s abandoned Jungle theme park #3 souvenirs

MJG — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:46:15 +0000

Across the road from Jungle Park was this smashed-up restaurant/souvenir shop. I`ll guess it wasn`t actually connected to the theme park, though it probably survived on the tourists who came there. Inside it felt inhabited, with clothes hanging on rails to dry, but I didn't run into anyone.

Japan’s abandoned Jungle theme park #2 inside

MJG — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:46:43 +0000

Jungle Park was easily the biggest green-house I've ever been in, and boy was it hot inside. H-O-T. And very humid. Within minutes I was soaked to the skin, and any time I had to climb something I was panting with the exertion. You can probably see that on the video a few times.

Japan’s abandoned Jungle theme park #1 outside

MJG — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:15:39 +0000

Japan’s Jungle Park is an immense abandoned green house, an indoor botanical garden sheltering nearly 10,000 square meters worth of sweltering tropical habitat. It was built in 1969, and its peak of operation came in 1973 when it received 750,000...

The beautiful ruined tubes of Sports World

MJG — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:11:43 +0000

The lonely ore-cart of Seigoshi Mine

MJG — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:28:48 +0000

The forgotten classrooms of Okawa seminar house

MJG — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:46:09 +0000

Ruined Shimoda Grand

MJG — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:31:09 +0000

Beautiful

Small Pox Isolation Ward Haikyo

MJG — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:26:55 +0000

Small Pox was once an incurable killer, claiming around 400 million deaths in the first half of the 20th century before its eradication. The people who contracted it were likely to die, and had to be removed from the general...