Five Images Of A Very Abandoned Japan (Project Title: The Lost World)(1/22)
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You can almost see the ghosts
I wish we knew why these places were apparently deserted without emptying them first. I mean, there is still a mostly full bottle of alcohol, places settings, etc. What caused them to just leave??
Hey Barbie you! I had similar questions, so I asked a Japanologist to write an essay about Akiya for my book (The Lost World, filled with these and a lot more images and personal notes - thelostworld.online) - but you can also google the phenomenon.. There's a lot of reasons actually, from nuclear distaster to cultural habits and rural exodus.
Someone crashed the wedding!
You can almost see the ghosts
I wish we knew why these places were apparently deserted without emptying them first. I mean, there is still a mostly full bottle of alcohol, places settings, etc. What caused them to just leave??
Hey Barbie you! I had similar questions, so I asked a Japanologist to write an essay about Akiya for my book (The Lost World, filled with these and a lot more images and personal notes - thelostworld.online) - but you can also google the phenomenon.. There's a lot of reasons actually, from nuclear distaster to cultural habits and rural exodus.
Someone crashed the wedding!