Yubari

First stop on our road trip across Hokkaido was Yubari, which used to be a successful coal mining town with 120,000 people and lost 90% of its population in 50 years. It's now essentially deserted and is full of dilapidated buildings and a bizarre collection of painted film posters from the 60s from various (failed) attempts to regenerate it as a film town.

Down the road is the old abandoned power station, which sadly you can't explore any more but the dam is very impressive.Les mer