Remember the start of Spirited Away when the family stumbles upon the crumbling, abandoned amusement park and the dad explains how scores of theme parks were built in Japan in the 90s, and then left to rot when the economic bubble burst? Now also faced with the GFC, Japan is scattered with a higher number than ever of decaying man-built sites reminiscent of more affluent days. Locating an eerie beauty in these deserted locations is the ongoing photographic documentation of Shibakouen Hamutaro [read more]