Vintage Mint

I remember seeing these stunning images of abandoned amusement parks in Japan, on the interwebs a couple years ago and I wish I had remembered them before my trip to J-pan last year; it would have been surreal to visit this in person. There’s something so hauntingly beautiful and sad about these photos.

My mom said a lot of these abandoned parks/buildings were created for mining boomtowns that are now defunct. It’s amazing that some artifacts — beds, computers, shoes, hospital equipment, comic books, posters, backpacks, and even food, etc — still remain, all while slowly being enveloped by the surrounding foliage.

{Be sure to visit this site for more photos + locations — you can google-translate it, but the translation isn’t accurate} :

{While on the shinkansen - Japanese bullet train - to Kyoto, I could have sworn I saw this little amusement park outside my window, minus strapped-down Gulliver; I had no idea it was abandoned. Eerie yet sad.}

Abandoned Hospital Clinic


{Straw from what used to be a mattress}

{pharmacy}

Abandoned Business Building {modeled to resemble a Tea House}


{can you believe these beautiful linens were just left there?}

{apparently the building was a call center}

{pachinko machines from a hotel lobby}

{the plants in Japan grow like mad-crazy if left unattended}

{Photos via here}

Apologies for the lack of posts the past xx days. I just got back from a super-fantasically awesome trip to Japan! I’ll post more about that later…

Near Yokohama, Japan{yeah right, I wish I took this photo}

{Photo via *Leiss}

Would love to visit the British southwestern countryside of the Cotswolds. Simply dreamy…

{Photos via Paul Bellaart from Travel + Leisure}

I just ordered this magazine in hopes that my husband and I can find interesting/smart ways to afford a “get-away” vacation sometime next year. {I say Paris, my husband says Alaska. I still say Paris.}