Deserted villages in Shengshan Island

Last week, I introduced some of the popular urbex sites like Raputa and Houtouwan Village, but once you leave the market place, you’ll see several other small towns filled with houses forsaken by their owners and are gradually turning into abandoned sites.

先週紹介したラピュタ村と話題になった廃墟の村Houtouwan。しかしこの島にはもう一つ廃村がある…というか市場街から離れれば、一つどころではなく廃村になりかかっている村が多く存在しています。

Derelict property here and there

I spotted these oriental concrete and brick buildings while taking a walk one early dawn. You could see so many abandoned houses continuing all the way up the hill but streets leading to it were covered by overgrown grass. Although walls weren’t covered by ivy like the one we saw in Houtouwan, these buildings were truly breathtaking in its own way.

朝の散歩帰りに見つけた廃村。オリエンタルなコンクリートと煉瓦の家が立ち並んでる!! 丘の上の方まで家は続いていて、棟数はそうとうあったように見えたましたが、その家々にアクセスするための道は雑草で埋もれしまっていた。Houtouwanのように、ツタには覆われたいないけれど、朝日が出かけの薄暗い景色と虫の音とともに見たこの廃村もまた違う味わいがありました。