Abandoned Kansai

10 years ago abandoned countryside clinics were not very common in Japan. *The Doctor’s Shack* and the *Tokushima Countryside Clinic* were by far the most famous ones – rather hard to find and rather remote they were rare example of abandoned place that gave a glimpse at a time long gone, them dating back 80, 100, 120 years. Thanks to the tireless research of a few experienced explorers there are dozens of them known now over Japan, easily 150 if you include clinics and hospitals of all eras. The Collapsing Countryside Clinic is a bit reminiscent of the Doctor’s Shack and would have been as famous if discovered at around the same time, not a few years later – it’s on the rather old end of the spectrum, on the rather dilapidated side, one of the rather hard to find places, but rather easy to enter; and at certain times of the year it’s also infested with mosquitos, something I vividly remember from my exploration of the Doctor’s Shack.
I arrived at the Collapsing Countryside Clinic with my buddy Dan on an early summer afternoon during rainy season. The weather was ever-changing all day, but it started to drizzle just as we parked the car and quickly rushed through the quiet rural neighborhood to enter the slightly overgrown garden of the clinic. On the right the inaccessible residential house, probably dating from the late 60s, early 70s – on the left the wooden clinic, at least 30 to 40 years older, with the door open wide. Unfortunately the building wasn’t in good condition anymore. An estimated abandonment of a decade or two and about half a decade of explorers rushing through had left not only marks, but gashing wounds. Some walls were already missing, others were on the verge of collapsing – everything was dirty and ransacked, but one or two hallways were still in decent condition and had that “old clinic” atmosphere. Definitely worth the visit, especially if you are into rundown abandoned places. If you prefer clean ones in good condition though, I recommend checking out the *Hospital By The Sea*.

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