Exploring abandoned love hotels

by craig

I found a whole area on Google Maps I didn't know existed so I had to go and check it out.
A stroll down from Seibukyujomae station and across Tama Lake brought me to Tamako Jitensha Dō, a long road through the trees around Tama Lake. The road is mainly used by cyclists in their ridiculous fluoro lycra. A fence along the right side of the road prevents you from entering the forest around the reservoir.



A few love hotels were nestled in the trees, seemingly a perfect quiet location for such establishments. But too quiet it seems, as a few of them had closed down.



After wandering for a while, I stumbled upon the Hotel Queen, an abandoned love hotel with piles of rubbish out the front.



Around the side, I found that the door to the office had been broken off. The little shrine on the door was a bit off-putting, but my curiosity got the better of me and I went inside.



Surprisingly, it looked like the owners had just suddenly deserted, leaving all their stuff behind. People had obviously broken in since then and made a bit of a mess.



There was a lot of old electronic equipment around the office.



The wind and the old building's creaking sounds started to make me feel a bit uneasy.



I slowly climbed the stairs as geckos scurried away. The second floor was where the owner must have lived.



Even clothes and things had been left behind.
I was trying to be as quiet as possible, but my camera was quite loud.



I was spooked by the creaking sounds in the next room and seeing a small noose hanging in the window, so I quickly went downstairs and out in to the hotel grounds.



All the guest rooms were locked but I poked my camera through a couple of windows.



I was worried about being spotted from the road so decided to leave. A police car slowly passed me a bit further down the road.
There was more and more random rubbish dumped around the place.



I came across Akasaka Hotel, another abandoned love hotel. This one was totally vandalised and obviously a popular spot for photographers. Actually, I remembered seeing it on some haikyo sites. An old man was at the ruined building (a restaurant?) next door so I couldn't explore.



It was almost 30° and I was getting sunburned, so I stopped in the shade for lunch at the end of the path, before heading back.



(Click the above pictures to see larger sizes. More photos can be seen at Flickr)