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Sep 09 2009 4 Comments

Well and truly abandoned wedding hall (part 2)

After a look in Part 1 at the amazingly melancholy main halls with their collapsed cakes and faded furnishings, the Heiankaku wedding complex may well have been forgiven for not offering up any further finds, but, perhaps in keeping with its previous purpose, it very generously goes on giving.

So thankfully there are still plenty of other reminders of its past to peruse.

abandoned wedding hall

And probably nowhere is this more apparent than in a room round the back, where blushing brides were busily made to blush that little bit more.

abandoned wedding hall

But now, the almost magical properties of a blow dry and a bit of Epsom Brill are merely memories.

abandoned wedding hall

Although a bow, possibly left by the building’s last bride, is a little more real, if rather ragged.

abandoned wedding hall

Plus down corridors where proud parents and well-wishers once wandered, there is now no more vitality, merely vandalism.

abandoned wedding hall

Meaning that with the phones and everything else finally silent,

abandoned wedding hall

Mother Nature can slowly but surely begin to claim back the complex — gradually furnishing everything with flora,

abandoned wedding hall

and a furry, conspicuously fetid, covering.

abandoned wedding hall

Until eventually, perhaps, those that forged a bond here will be forever forgotten.

abandoned wedding hall

Categorized: Haikyo, Photography

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  1. Sethe says

    9/9/2009 at 4:39 pm

    Long time lurker and massive urbex fan.

    Great work as ever. Keep it up!

    Reply
  2. adam says

    9/11/2009 at 11:25 pm

    Fantastic! I fear if i was the interloper taking photos, i’d be scared of some apparition of weddings past coming to get me whilst photo-ing. thanks for being brave for our enjoyment.

    where abouts is this wedding hall?

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  3. Lee says

    9/12/2009 at 10:16 am

    Thanks fellas!

    This place is in Ibaraki Adam. Took about 2 1/2 by car from where I am in west Tokyo, but it was well worth the trip. To be honest though, of all the haikyo I’ve done, it was one of the least intimidating. One or two have had a strange feeling about them, but this one, possibly due to what it was once used for, didn’t have any bad vibes at all.

    Plus it was in the middle of nowhere surrounded by rice fields and the odd house, so there never seemed to be any danger of bumping into other people or coming across a homeless person living there.

    Reply
  4. Mochi says

    5/20/2013 at 10:14 pm

    This looks amazing, and I’d like to check it out. I live in Ibaraki, but I was wondering, in which city is the Heiand Wedding Hall? Would you mind giving me some landmarks?

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