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It was the largest hotel in Japan. It is located on a remote volcanic island, almost 300 km from Tokyo. There are no beaches, only divers will find something to do.
Unfortunately, it was not sustainable for such a large hotel to remain open. Despite several attempts to bring it back to life, the hotel closed its doors for the final time in 2006. It’s amazing that some of the rooms have developed their own ecosystems, while others are untouched by time, other than a bit of dust.
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I'm not a huge fan of these posts with no context, I have questions dammit! Why was it abandoned? What did it look like before?
More than everything, I'd like to know the name of the hotel and the island... I understand the source links are there, but shouldn't names be the basic info to be included in a post about a location? I know that many times names are not disclosed to prevent vandalism, but this is not the case.
The Hachijo Royal Resort on Hachijojima Island, it opened in 1963.
Most of the Urban Explorers do not want to share the locations because some people would then go to the place and steal any interesting stuff that is left there. And some people would just go there and break everything. When the location is secret then the place stays longer an interesting place for Urban Explorers to go and take photos. But of course abandoned castles, factories, mansions and hotels are often quite easy to find also if the Urban Explorers did not share the location. The most important part of Urban Exploration is that people should not move anything or steal anything and only use the camera. A places that are full of furniture and other items are the greatest places for the Urban Explorers.
Thank you!!!!! I thought the exact same thing.
Back in the early 1960's it wasn't possible for Japanese tourists to travel oversees, so the country's tourism industry tried to compensate by building equivalent resorts closer to home. The island saw a lot of investments with many new hotels being built. The largest of them was lavish Hachijo Royal Hotel. Modeled on French Baroque architecture, its gardens contained plaster renditions of Greek statues and ornate water fountains. In the following decades things changed as Japanese tourists could now visit other countries easier. The prospect on spending their holidays on the black volcanic sands of Hachijo-jima wasn't so appealing when instead they could visit Thailand, Guam or even Hawaii. The hotel changed names several times, with the last one being Hachijo Oriental Resort prior to its demise and eventual closure around 2006. Since then, the tropical heat and saltwater has ensured a swift deterioration of the hotel, while thick vegetation has covered its exterior.
I think the fact that it is unanswered, it is mysterious and we don't know much about it makes it more interesting and I love it.
It is answered. It says the hotel was too big for the place and unsustainable.
Don't you read the intro? It explains why it is in the state it is.
it said it was located in the wrong spot, had no beaches was only used by divers, 300 km from tokyo...bad business move
Or money laundering gone wrong. I'd like to know when the hotel was build. If it was built during the bubble, then it makes a loooot of sense. The Japanese didn't know a lot about restraint then...
It was abandoned because due to its size and remote location and the fact there was no beach it became unsustainable.
It talks about this in the intro.
did you read the beginning of the post. it was abandoned because it was too remote and financially unsustainable
Same! Why did it get abandoned? Is the volcano active? How long ago was it abandoned? Was it under-construction or already being used when abandoned? Why did they leave thousands of dollars worth of building materials and furniture there to rot? Why do some rooms look untouched, while others are deteriorating? I have so many unanswered questions. WHyYyyY?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI85LZ3OSks
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"It is located on a remote volcanic island, almost 300 km from Tokyo. There are no beaches, only divers will find something to do. Unfortunately, it was not sustainable for such a large hotel to remain open. Despite several attempts to bring it back to life, the hotel closed its doors for the final time in 2006. " Are you fucking stupid or unable to read and understand basic sentences?
someone misses a bit of info so that gives you the right to call them "fucking stupid". Are you lonely?
There's always a piano.
I was thinking the same. I don't get why they just sell off these expesive furniture pieces when shutting the place down. A grand piano would be worth a couple thousand alone...
I wondered about that piano too. It's too nice to have left behind! Same with decent televisions I saw.
Mysterious, Enchanting, Haunting and Beautiful....Dammit Japan. Stop being so cool TT - TT
I'm not a huge fan of these posts with no context, I have questions dammit! Why was it abandoned? What did it look like before?
More than everything, I'd like to know the name of the hotel and the island... I understand the source links are there, but shouldn't names be the basic info to be included in a post about a location? I know that many times names are not disclosed to prevent vandalism, but this is not the case.
The Hachijo Royal Resort on Hachijojima Island, it opened in 1963.
Most of the Urban Explorers do not want to share the locations because some people would then go to the place and steal any interesting stuff that is left there. And some people would just go there and break everything. When the location is secret then the place stays longer an interesting place for Urban Explorers to go and take photos. But of course abandoned castles, factories, mansions and hotels are often quite easy to find also if the Urban Explorers did not share the location. The most important part of Urban Exploration is that people should not move anything or steal anything and only use the camera. A places that are full of furniture and other items are the greatest places for the Urban Explorers.
Thank you!!!!! I thought the exact same thing.
Back in the early 1960's it wasn't possible for Japanese tourists to travel oversees, so the country's tourism industry tried to compensate by building equivalent resorts closer to home. The island saw a lot of investments with many new hotels being built. The largest of them was lavish Hachijo Royal Hotel. Modeled on French Baroque architecture, its gardens contained plaster renditions of Greek statues and ornate water fountains. In the following decades things changed as Japanese tourists could now visit other countries easier. The prospect on spending their holidays on the black volcanic sands of Hachijo-jima wasn't so appealing when instead they could visit Thailand, Guam or even Hawaii. The hotel changed names several times, with the last one being Hachijo Oriental Resort prior to its demise and eventual closure around 2006. Since then, the tropical heat and saltwater has ensured a swift deterioration of the hotel, while thick vegetation has covered its exterior.
I think the fact that it is unanswered, it is mysterious and we don't know much about it makes it more interesting and I love it.
It is answered. It says the hotel was too big for the place and unsustainable.
Don't you read the intro? It explains why it is in the state it is.
it said it was located in the wrong spot, had no beaches was only used by divers, 300 km from tokyo...bad business move
Or money laundering gone wrong. I'd like to know when the hotel was build. If it was built during the bubble, then it makes a loooot of sense. The Japanese didn't know a lot about restraint then...
It was abandoned because due to its size and remote location and the fact there was no beach it became unsustainable.
It talks about this in the intro.
did you read the beginning of the post. it was abandoned because it was too remote and financially unsustainable
Same! Why did it get abandoned? Is the volcano active? How long ago was it abandoned? Was it under-construction or already being used when abandoned? Why did they leave thousands of dollars worth of building materials and furniture there to rot? Why do some rooms look untouched, while others are deteriorating? I have so many unanswered questions. WHyYyyY?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI85LZ3OSks
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
"It is located on a remote volcanic island, almost 300 km from Tokyo. There are no beaches, only divers will find something to do. Unfortunately, it was not sustainable for such a large hotel to remain open. Despite several attempts to bring it back to life, the hotel closed its doors for the final time in 2006. " Are you fucking stupid or unable to read and understand basic sentences?
someone misses a bit of info so that gives you the right to call them "fucking stupid". Are you lonely?
There's always a piano.
I was thinking the same. I don't get why they just sell off these expesive furniture pieces when shutting the place down. A grand piano would be worth a couple thousand alone...
I wondered about that piano too. It's too nice to have left behind! Same with decent televisions I saw.
Mysterious, Enchanting, Haunting and Beautiful....Dammit Japan. Stop being so cool TT - TT