abandoned school in japan

Japan | Kansai Region | Nara Prefecture | School
Sokichi School
Byurbexsession 25 January 20182 June 2026
For today’s exploration, we are heading to a remote village in Nara Prefecture to discover a school that has been abandoned since 1998. Night is beginning to fall, so our visit will have to be a race against the clock. We easily make our way inside the building, which was first opened in 1952, through…
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Japan | Kanto | Saitama Prefecture | School
Griffiths School
Byurbexsession 28 September 20174 June 2026
What a perilous exploration! Our destination was Nichitsu, an abandoned mining town tucked away since the 1980s in the Saitama Prefecture—a place completely lost in the mountains. Back in its heyday, the town was home to 3,000 residents, but today it is entirely deserted, save for a section of the mine that remains active. We…
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