Photos of a depopulated rural Japan

Coming from a part of the United States made of exurbs and gentrified farms, he has always found it baffling that a bucolic paradise could exist so close to the claustrophobic urban madness of Tokyo, where he and his wife live. But he has found that such places do exist. And he told InSight about one of those areas, which he recently visited: "On the fringes of urban sprawl are depopulating geriatric villages … set right beside worker-bee lowlands where people live cheek to jowl in tiny apartments and houses in a space-starved nation with traditions intimately connected to nature."

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johnnyG said:

Some nice pics, but it'd also be nice to be able to click on them for larger versions (maybe on his website rather than the paper?). Also, I think some TCC people have posted some good ghost town shots.

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