Joe Bloggs

Back to nature

Here's an example of a house being reclaimed by nature. The house was abandoned about 30 years ago (in a hurry by the looks of it - notice the bedding still in the cupboard in the photo top-right) and became a hazard to shintaku almost straight away. Without the attention and maintenance these houses require, the ground beneath it caved in and the ensuing landslide demolished one of the outhouses belonging to shintaku. You can see where the face of the mountain had to shored up with concrete. The concretization of Japan is something for a later entry, but in this case the council paid for the work to be done and the old stonework wall as visible on the right-hand side of the photo on bottom-right is no longer feasible financially.

As before, click on the photos for enlargements.