A new fence upon arrival is barely ever a good sign – and things didn’t get better after that!
Deserted hospitals are amongst my favorite abandoned places, so when I first heard about this little gem somewhere in the Aichi countyside I knew I had to visit it. Sadly it’s barely reasonable to explore locations in Aichi as day trips from Osaka, so when the opportunity for a three day road trip came up in spring three years ago, I was all in. Luckily my buddy Hamish gives me free hand when it comes to planning schedules, so the Aichi Hospital became the first destination of said trip.
Upon arrival we were welcomed by a brandnew bamboo fence, replacing the old metal barrier that had quite a few holes in it – the surrounding fortified with several layers of barbed wire. New fences are always a problem, but physically and morally. If there is still somebody investing in a fence, is the unused location behind it really abandoned? Since we were lucky enough to find a small hole in the thinner part of the barb wired bamboo we took the risk and slipped through, despite the fact that we could have been seen by neighbours. We passed through the empty shell of a small building at the foot of the hill and walked up the (only) road to the hospital… only to find out that the clinic had been mostly cleaned out, too, probably when the fence was replaced.
About half an hour into exploring the Aichi Hospital we heard police sirens. Sirens that got closer… and closer… and closer… And when it sounded like they were in front of the bamboo gate, they stopped. Had we been seen by neighbors, who alarmed the cops? Worried that our way in (and out) was now under police control, we ran out of the building and into the woods, hoping to sit out a possible building search. Nothing happened for painfully long 15 minutes, so we checked out the situation carefully. No coppers, no cop cars. Really just a false alarm.
Nevertheless we decided to finish up quickly – which is what we did, because you never know…
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nice 😀 this thing with police reminds me when we were exploring one abandoned restaurant near my previous adress,its partially locked as they want to fix the building because it have some historic value,they talk about that for like 20 years now tho…anyway,in a moment when we were in,we noticed a guy walking around,we hided…in a moment when we heard the keys in lock of one locked doors behind the corner,we quickly but silently left the building,luckily we were near the badly covered window wich we used to enter the building,adrenaline level was so high,we managed to escape without being noticed…after we got out,in a very near fastfood stand,we bought a beer and sit on a bench,too cool down allitle bit,literally across the road infront the building lol…we watched whats going to happen…dude walked around the building,took some photos,then police come,he talked with them for a while,then everyone left,noone even cared about us…pretty lucky haha…but after everyone left,we got in to finish few parts we havent saw anyway lmao
fun days