Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010

Name: Nagano Korean Elementary and Junior High School

Location: Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture

Background: This decaying structure was the home to Korean schools from 1971 to 1999, when the campus moved to a newer building elsewhere in the city. Traipse through the gymnasium with its graffiti-covered walls and streamers lying abandoned on the floor, remnants of past school festivities.

Access: Approximately three and a half hours from Shinjuku, via the JR Super Azusa line.

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