No, I did not go to Japan and no the nuclear bunker is not in Japan. That out of the way, a Japanese nuclear bunker is situated here in Central Estonia and I visited it with my friend back in late April. It is located in the middle of nowhere, in a forest, and is actually a bit hard to find
It was built in the early 2000s by a shady Japanese guy named Yoshiteru Akiyama. It's unclear why he even started to build it but he did. He was rich due to a huge legacy his father left him after his death so he decided to spend it here. Some sources say that he wanted to build this nuclear bunker for extremely rich people in case of a fallout event. Well, the building never got finished and now only a structure still stays there. I don't know for what but Yoshiteru Akiyama was sent out of the country in the middle of the building, as I said he was a shady guy.
It absolutely does not look like something special. Just a concrete pile from the outside.
When you step inside, a huge open room appears that is held up by many concrete pillars. I guess the weight of the roof is a lot because it needs to stop the radiation.
A big hole in the ground that leads to the levels below. There should be at least two floors under there or even 3. I'm not entirely sure. The problem is that you can't go to check it out. All the floors beneath are submerged in groundwater.
The echo was crazy when we shouted into the hole.
At this time there was still ice. I could have walked on the ice because it was very thick but that still doesn't look too appealing. The first floor might not even be intended to be lived in, in case of a nuclear disaster. Only the floors below the ground might be safe after radiation waste falls onto them.
I tried to walk on the concrete structures to peek under the floor but I did not see much. You can probably go there in the summer with scuba gear and dive the place but my gut says that there is not much to see besides concrete and empty rooms.
When walking inside, you have to keep a look out for the holes in the floor. You definitely don't want to fall into one.
One hole in the roof created quite cool lighting conditions. I guess some can take some pretty cool portraits there. Here is one I let my friend take of me.
We also managed to make our way to the roof. There is nothing to see but we had to go to make ourselves feel that we saw everything there is to see. Just a flat roof with an at coating it looks like.
Overall, it's a cool and unique place with not much to see 😅. Nobody still knows why this building was really built by this Japanese guy and that remains unknown, unfortunately. I was just glad to see something new in my home country Estonia and have a short road trip with my friend.
Woah this sounds crazy. This stuff always spooks me out because the vibes are off.
Vibes are definitely off but I wasnt that spooked on the first floor. Imagine diving to submerged floors below tho!
Lot dark rooms to walk there, and you have to hold eyes all time open ... or you can fall in some hole :))
For sure gotta be careful yeah.
:)) life
The place looks big and dark, your guess might be right because that's exactly what I am thinking too, the building structure looks like Yoshiteru Akiyama was building it for an event centre. I wonder what those holes were for.
Hah, yeah cant imagine many fun events going on after nuclear fallout.
Holes are probably foe equipment that were meant to be installed but never did.
Exactly 1st I say that it's an interesting story of your day and nice pictures especially of your's one. This building is not too much old in look and it's structure is not too bad . I guess valuable things are used but it's incomplete I just wanna see that how it looks if it completed but that's fine. It's a stunning piece or architect do hardwork.
Yeah, it would be cool to know how it looks like when finalized. Somebody would need to keep it in working order and pumps running to prevent it from flooding.
This place is also very scary to see but it is also very good to visit such old places, one's knowledge increases a lot but one has to be careful.
This is not an old place. As I mentioned, its abanodoned since early 2000s so it only makes it about 20 yrs old.
It sounds like a fascinating place, albeit a bit unfinished. It's also intriguing to think about why it was built in the first place. Maybe Yoshiteru Akiyama was just a very paranoid person, or maybe he had some inside information about a future nuclear event. We'll never know for sure.
No idea. Why did he come to Estonia to build it is the biggest question IMO. He might as well be doing it in Japan.
This place must have really been abandoned for so long. I am wondering why it is like that though
Not very long, it was abandoned since 2004, that quite recent.
That's great that You have share such place with us. Really horrible that nobody was there. I don't want to make any clicks on such places. Its not a good idea especially in such place where nobody is working and You even don't know why this building was built.
I find it interesting to explore such places. Always a strange feeling when there but exciting.
Wow that's really cool find, Surprised we had/have something like this in Estonia.
I dint know about it either. Randomly found it on a map lol.
Did you know there is a map for abandoned places in Estonia
Type into google "mahajäetud kohad" or "Hüljatud eesti kaart" and then you can see like 900+ abandonen places on google maps in Estonia.
I have never really tried, good to know!
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Greetings! What nice pictures, the place to me looks very interesting, I would have taken a lot of pictures to make the most of that trip in a new place. The photo you took of your friend I liked, greetings to both of you. ☺️