Abandoned hotels in Japan 廃墟ホテル

Have you ever heard of "urbex"? Short for "urban exploration", it's an activity that consists of exploring abandoned sites: theme parks, factories, old residences and so on. Here, we offer you aglimpse of some of Japan's abandoned hotels - via your computer screen - sinceentry is prohibited to the public...

The Maya Hotel

Close to Kobe, this hotel can be accessed by cable car or footpath. Built at the end of the 1920s and abandoned for more than 20 years, thehotel has endured the bombings of World War II as well as the Kobeearthquake of 1995.

The Queen Chateau Soapland

Located inIbaraki prefecture, the Queen Chateau is a former brothel, which would explainthe unusual facade: a huge queen straight out of a set ofplaying cards is painted on the wall!

Kuroshio Inn

The Kuroshio Innis among Japan's most famous ruins (haikyo, 廃墟). It's a former inn of which the main point of interestis the reception hall, with its bar, its turquoise chairs and orange lamps. Unfortunately, the rest of the establishment is too vandalized to beof much interest.

Fuurin Motel

This former lovehotel is in Chiba prefecture, not far from Tokyo. It's a wonderful example of how architecturally eccentric these establishmentswere at a certain time.

The Nakagusuku Hotel

This hotel wasdesigned to be a huge Okinawan hotel complex. It wasn't just abandoned though, it was never finished! According to locals, the presence ofmany old tombs in the surrounding jungle is the reason the project wascancelled…