Manabu Nakamoto - The Beauty and The Sadness in Abandoned Objects from a Japanese photographer. Ruin Japan - Gallery from Taijyu Fubuki, photographer and video director. Gukanjima - View of an Abandoned Island - Off the westernmost coast of Japan, is an island called Gunkanjima, or Battleship island, that is hardly known even to the Japanese. In 1974 the mining closed and the island become totally deserted. Flickr: Ruins from India - About Indian history, monuments, havelis, crumbling buildings, forts, temples. Anything old and in ruins. Flickr: Ruins Taiwan - Exploring derelict sites in Taiwan and area. Flickr: Vanishing Beauty of Hong Kong - Vanishing sites and old places in Hong Kong. Haikyo - The Ruins of Japan - Haikyo (廃虚) is a word that means ruins in Japanese. The word also describes the hobby, known in English as urban exploration (urbex). You'll find here information about the haikyo I visit, along with photos, facts and interesting links. Michael John Grist - Photographs, video, and stories of ruins-exploration in Japan (haikyo), featuring theme parks, factories, hospitals, grandstands, army bases, and hotels. Historic Shanghai Meetup - For people who are interested in exploring older parts of Shanghai before they disappear from the urbanization map. Jakarta Urban Exploration - Meet up for urban exploration and photography. Jakarta, Indonesia. Rooftopping Korea - Pictures taken from rooftops around Korea. Jordy Meow - Abandoned Japan, by Jordy Meow. Temasek Rural Exploring Enthusiasts - Rural and urban explorations, dabbing into photography. Singapore.