#haison — Public Fediverse posts
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Exploring the eerie beauty of Japan's abandoned villages -
Before embarking on this trip, I met with Akio Asahara, who is arguably Japan’s foremost expert on haison (#abandoned #villages). He told me that compared to 25 years ago, when he began seriously investigating abandoned communities, “the number of deserted homes has soared due to rural flight and the rapid aging of the population.”
The term “#haison” has since entered the lexicon, he says, and the empty carcasses of what were once thriving neighborhoods are no longer a rare sight, “but something we can now observe throughout the Japanese countryside.”
