Stumbling across “new” (to the internet) haikyo is always a special pleasure.
In mid-May, right after Golden Week, I was walking around Kyoto to find an abandoned art museum (which I found and will write about in the weeks to come) when a big waterslide caught my eye. I got closer and, to my surprise, found the place abandoned. Since it was the sixth haikyo I went to in just eight days I was pretty exhausted and not at all in the mood to enter the place, although I think it is possible to do so without taking too much effort. Instead I circled it and took some nice pictures from the outside.
“Waterland” wasn’t that big, only the pretty decent water slide and three pools, but it nevertheless looked like a nice place to hang out at on a hot, humid summer day – judging by the disgusting water colors it seems the place was closed down quite a while ago and nobody even took an effort to leave it in a clean state. On the bright side: At least from the distance there weren’t any signs of vandalism, making it a place worth going back to. So don’t be surprised to see “Kyoto Waterland Revisited” in a few months…
(For people who prefer to have a look at the pictures in sequence: Please click here!)
Another Florian exclusive ~
Love seeing new to the net Haikyo. Especially this one as it reminds me of a park we once had in my hometown, it got torn down to make space for the mammoth shopping complex.
Don’t get me wrong, I do like to see the same place be covered by different photographers as everyone has their own style and having a different photographer can bring a whole new view of a place.
Yeah, that’s what our world needs – more shopping malls! At least in Japan and Germany they are still booming…
I’m sure sooner or later you’ll find places like “Kyoto Waterland” and “Doggy Land” on other pages, too, but as you know revealing detailed location information about abandoned places on the internet is not exactly well received by the urban exploration community and since I strongly dislike vandalism I wouldn’t do it even if it wasn’t. (Except for Nara Dreamland, but that one is not a secret at all and even has a Wikipedia entry…)
Very cool buddy. Keep up the great work! We can live vicariously through you 🙂
Thanks, man – you’ll keep reading, I’ll keep writing!