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Wednesday
November 16, 2005

11:38 AM

Grant Hutchinson
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Abandoned Japanese Buildings

Photographs of abandoned Japanese buildings are a gritty visual treat for any urban spelunking fan. You also get to compare what types of furniture other cultures leave behind when the business goes south.

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Wow. Awesome post, Grant. Squalor can be so beautiful.

What the heck are these?

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Jon Parker
  • Wednesday November 16, 2005 3:27 PM
  • Jon Parker
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The Babelfish translation of the caption for that image says: "... Bamboo saw?"

I'm pretty sure that doesn't help explain what they are. It's definitely a jar full of preserved white something or other.

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Grant Hutchinson

Ever since I came across ForgottenDetroit.com, I have been more and more fascinated by abandoned places. I always thought ancient ruins were interesting, but the more modern ones (Bodie, Chernobyl, Dogpatch USA, dead malls... even our own local buildings that UE folks go through) are spellbinding. I'm not sure if it's because so much is more recognizable with these modern ruins. Maybe it's also how quickly nature takes back these places once people abandon them.

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Christine
  • Thursday November 17, 2005 8:23 AM
  • Christine

Fantastic - who need to go to the mountains for beauty? I would love for links to the previously mentioned places. The skinny had a previous post of Chernobyl, perhaps it is still available?

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Mark
  • Thursday November 17, 2005 3:19 PM
  • Mark

And then I said …
Grant Hutchinson

That photo looks to be of takenoko, or baby bamboo shoots. I've never seen them preserved like that though.

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mhegge
  • Thursday November 17, 2005 7:42 PM
  • mhegge

Good call Mark. I think you're right about the bamboo shoots. Here's a blog post about their preparation and a link to a Flickr set full of images. As for never seeing them preserved like that... there are a lot of things in Japan that you don't see anywhere else - preserved in jars of brine or otherwise.

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Grant Hutchinson

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