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Western Village first opened its doors back in the early 1970s. Originally quite a modest affair known as Kinugawa Family Ranch, the Wild West theme park did well and gradually expanded, hence the name change. Yet despite such success, changing times resulted in changing fortunes, and in 2006 it was forced to close — meaning that the park now sits empty and forlorn by the side of the road. An odd,
Osaka’s Kamagasaki district rarely makes the news, and when it did the other week, it was only because a film made to shed light on the area’s poverty was pulled at the last minute by the Osaka Asian Film Festival — the irony of which was clearly lost on the organisers. But, for Japan’s largest slum — the name of which doesn’t officially exist anymore — that’s presumably nothing new. Home to appro
There’s no shortage of abandoned homes and small settlements on these pages. Places that provide hints of stories, but little in the way of real facts. The train below, on the other hand, is very different. Approaching the location there was the growing worry that what we were planning to photograph wouldn’t actually be there. On a trip several years ago we’d missed a similar find, as after being
Sometimes, and especially at this time of year, whether it be due to too much booze, the bad weather, or basically not being able to be bothered, having a decent meal delivered is an equally decent idea. And if one does, it may well arrive on one of these rather ramshackle, Contraptions whose ability to balance full to the brim bowls round busy streets is unfathomably fascinating, with their preci
Dear Tokyo Times I’ve heard that a lot of apartments in Tokyo have English rather than Japanese ‘names’, and that many of them are a little odd. Is it true? Thanks! Bob B, Seattle It is true Bob, although it’s not just restricted to English, as there is a generous sprinkling of French and Spanish names out there too. That said, English monikers are very much in the majority. Unfortunately — at lea
Film photography has enjoyed a considerable renaissance in the last few years or so, but whereas camera and film prices have soared, old school neighbourhood photography shops still continue to disappear. This one is on a busy street near a university, so a lot of people walk by every day, but the owner said he doesn’t get much custom, plus none at all from the passing students. As such, he had ve
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