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The ruined hotels of Kinugawa(2)

Article updatedJul. 8th,2018
Jun. 30th,2018
Visiting the giant ruins of hotels in Kinugawa Onsen area.
Entering private property without permission is strictly prohibited by law.
Entering private property without permission is strictly prohibited by law.
Recommend viewing in landscape mode.
Recommend viewing in landscape mode.

The second part of the visit to Kinugawa Onsen.

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Kinugawa seen from Kuroganebashi bridge.
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"Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan" from Kuroganebashi bridge. Still in relatively good condition but some windows are broken.
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Looking up at "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan".
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Buildings next to "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". Some seem to be used.
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There is a stair way next to "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". It seems to be all right to use.
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A narrow stairway with rusty handrails.
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Looking down from the stairway.
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Looking up at "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan" from the stairway. The exterior is starting to be covered with plants.
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The path leeds to Tochigi prefectural road no.121.
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Fragments of a sign which seems to be of "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan".
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"Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan" from the street.
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The entrance of "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". "Kinugawa Kanko hotel" is still going on business on the other side of Kinugawa river as a result of a merger with "Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Group", but only this "Higashikan(meaning: east building)" was left not to be used anymore.
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Fragments of a signboard scattered next to the entrance.
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Damaged sign of "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan".
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Handrails are rusty and paint is coming off.
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"Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan".
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"Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan".
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The street in front of "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan".
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A narrow stairway which seems to be an emergency exit.
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Steps are coming of the stairway.
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Tobu Kinugawa line in front of "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". Kinugawa-Onsen station used to be around here until it moved to the current location in 1964.
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Looking back at "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan".
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Going on.
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The building that used to be Fujiwara fire station.
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The building completed in 1975 but is not used anymore since the fire station moved to a new building located neer Kinugawa-Onsen station in 2016.
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Fire trucks used to come out from here.
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The entrance of the building that used to be Fujiwara fire station.
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The building that used to be Fujiwara fire station.
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The bulletin board in front of the building that used to be Fujiwara fire station. Another sign on top with the word "町役場(town hall)" erased.
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The building that used to be Fujiwara fire station.
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The building that used to be Fujiwara fire station.
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Next to the former fire station is the building that used to be a branch office of Nikko city hall.
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This building used to be a branch office of Nikko city hall. Before that it used to be the town hall of Fujiwara, which merged with the city of Nikko in 2006. The branch office moved to a new location this year(2018) and this building is not used anymore.
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Handrails are becoming rusty.
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The entrance of the building that used to be a branch office of Nikko city hall.
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Parking lot with grass growing from cracks.
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There is a monument with the history of the town of Fujiwara written on.
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The building that used to be a branch office of Nikko city hall.
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Looking back at the street.
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The new limited express train connecting Tokyo and Aizu going through.
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Pipes leading water to a power station under the cliff.
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Beginning to see hotels still in business.
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A hotel of "Oedo Onsen Monogatari Group".
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Beginning to see tourists on the street. Turning right.
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Under the stairway there is the Fureaibashi bridge spanning over Kinugawa river.
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Looking down stream of Kinugawa river.
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Looking upper stream of Kinugawa river.
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Looking at the east side of the upper stream of Kinugawa river.
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You can see the ruins of the hotels.
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Kinugawa river under the bridge.
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The location of the town of Fujiwara shown on the map drawn on the bridge.
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The stairway leading to Fureaibashi bridge.
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A "Oni", a kind of troll written in Japanes folklore, is drawn on the stairway.
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Looking back at Fureaibashi bridge.
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Next to Fureaibashi bridge is "Kinugawa Kanko hotel" still in business.
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Walking towards the upper stream of Kinugawa river. Not much tourists on the street.
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Difficult to see the river since many hotels stand along the street but you can see the buildings which used to be the branch office of Nikko city and the Fujiwara fire station.
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The building that used to be the Fujiwara fire station.
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Huge hotels standing along the street.
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Some small stores can be seen but many are not in business.
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Some times buses with tourist go through but almost no one walking on the street.
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A hotel with a bus of tourists.
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The other side of Kuroganebashi bridge, the bridge visited earlier.
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Going on.
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Looking back.
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Asaya hotel with many cars parked in front.
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There is a cable car near Asaya hotel which climbs to the top of mount Maruyama.
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"Kinugawa Daiichi hotel" can be seen from between the buildings.
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The street on the west side of Kinugawa river.
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There is not much atmosphere of an "Onsengai", a hot spring resort, around here.
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Takimi park.
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Next to Takimi park is the Takimibashi bridge, the bridge visited earlier.
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You can see the ruins of the hotels from Takimi koen too.
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The ruins of the hotels seen from Takimi park.
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Statue of "Kinuta", which can be seen in several places in Kinugawa Onsen, with a sign saying "Thinking Oni: thinking about a prosperous future of Kinugawa Onsen"
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Getting on Tobu Kinugawa line from Kinugawa-koen station.
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The view from Tobu Kinugawa line.
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"Motoyu Hoshinoya" seen from Tobu Kinugawa line.
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"Kinugawakan Honten" seen from Tobu Kinugawa line.
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"Kinugawakan Honten" seen from Tobu Kinugawa line.
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"Kinugawa Daiichi hotel" seen from Tobu Kinugawa line.
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Kinugawa river and hotels on the other side of the river seen from Tobu Kinugawa line.
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"Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan" seen from Tobu Kinugawa line.
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The building that used to be Fujiwara fire station seen from Tobu Kinugawa line.
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"Taiju", a train pulled by a steam locomotive is being operated to Kinugawa-Onsen station from last year (2017).
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Will the steam locomotive bring back tourists to Kinugawa Onsen?
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Souvenier shops and many tourists can be seen near Kinugawa-Onsen station but besides that it is very difficult to see a typical hot spring resort with many tourists with "Yukata", an informal cotton kimono, on the street in Kinugawa Onsen. Wishing for a brighter future of Kinugawa since for me too Kinugawa Onsen is a place of memories visited on family vacation.
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