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Abandoned Amusement Park Photos
Flipping through my archives, I’ve come across a photoset of an abandoned theme park somewhere in Asia. They’re hauntingly beautiful, like someone’s long-forgotten childhood.
Unfortunately, they’re hosted on one of those sites that just posts collections of interesting photos without providing any context. I can drool over them, but I don’t know the exact location Aand I can’t email the photographer to tell him I think his work is amazing.
This is where you come in. I need your help, Internets. Since I know so many people who go searching for this kind of cool stuff on the Internet, I’m hoping one of you has some additional information about these photos I can use.
If you know anything about the photographer or location, please leave a comment and let me know. These photos are phenomenal and I’d really like to know more about where this is or who shot it.
fak3r Said,
February 27, 2007 @ 6:53 am
Nice, and yes, haunting. Immediately reminds me of the deserted Ferris wheel in Pripyat: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/377720883
Andrew Ferguson Said,
February 27, 2007 @ 9:25 am
Oooh, that’s cool!
Thanks, fak3r!
Dok Said,
February 28, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Oddly enough, I was going to allude to Pripyat as well. For photos of that I definitely suggest Robert Polidori. With any luck I’ll be heading there in a year or two.
buddakatt Said,
March 10, 2007 @ 8:04 pm
Abandoned amusement park
I did a little Google research on the abandoned amusement park linked on the front page, but evidently for legal reasons (?) the people who poke around abandoned sites are loth to reveal exact names or locations… I did manage to glean that “Ruined Amusement Park T” is somewhere in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Honshu, Japan. The park first opened in Showa 48 (1973), was refurbished and reopened in Showa 57 (1982), and closed its doors for good in Heisei 11 (1999). Some more pictures (not quite as good) of the same park can be found here, click on the picture to launch the gallery.
2Bangkok.com Forum
not much but it’s something, i love these pics.
Andrew Ferguson Said,
March 10, 2007 @ 8:34 pm
Thanks buddakatt :)
I’ll poke around on the 2Bangkok forums and see what I can find.