Houses - Japan
67 documented abandoned houses have been mapped by the Urbexology community across Japan, with the highest concentration around Tokyo (5), Shingu (3), Saga-shi (3). Each location below links to its own page with coordinates, photos where available, and access notes.
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- Aishu Clan Residence Ruins (Ise)
- Cape Sata Lighthouse Keepers' Quarters Ruins (Ibusuki)
- Cape Satado Lighthouse (Shimoda)
- Cape Tengi Lighthouse (Sukumo)
- Chikinaka nagaya ruins, Tochubandaibeya ruins, paymaster nagaya ruins, bathhouse ruins (Hakodate)
- Echizen Cape Lighthouse (Asahi)
- Former Nichifudu Lighthouse (Yonakuni)
- Former Residence of Hisadomi (Saga-shi)
- Former Residence of Irako Seihaku (Toba)
- Former Residence of Morinaga (Saga-shi)
- Former Residence of Ushijima (Saga-shi)
- Goryokaku Former Site, Gate Guardhouse Remains (Hakodate)
- Guardhouse Ruins (Yonago)
- Hagi Mohri Residence Ruins (Tokyo)
- Hatsunejaya Teahouse (Yokohama)
- Hiketa port Breakwater Lighthouse (Ishii)
- Himezaki Lighthouse (Ryotsu-minato)
- Hizen-Hashima Lighthouse (Nagasaki-shi)
- Ishibe Cherry Blossom (Ishibe House Ruins) (Kitakata)
- Ishido-jaya Teahouse Remains (Shingu)
- Kawabe Clan Residence Ruins (Kaseda-shirakame)
- Kikuchi Family Residence (Kitakami)
- Kitabatake Residence Guardhouse Ruins (Hisai-motomachi)
- Kusumoto Tanzan Former Residence (Sasebo)
- Mamezuke Residents Meeting House. (Izumi)
- Matsumae Lighthouse (Shimokizukuri)
- Matsunoki Heritage Restore House (Tokyo)
- Matsuoka Residence Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Building) (Asahikawa)
- Miki Rofū’s Former Residence & Deathplace (Mitaka-shi)
- Moat • Site of Katakura Kojuro's Residence (Sendai)
- Monument of Hiki Yoshikazu House ruins (Kamakura)
- Nagaoka Clan Makino Mansion Ruins (Tokyo)
- Oda Nobunaga's Residence Ruins (Gifu-shi)
- Odaguchi Remains - Heian Era Restored Residence (Ishikawa)
- Official abode of Sugashima Lighthouse keeper (Inuyama)
- Old Odo House (Gujo)
- Old shiphouses (Joetsu)
- Olympic House (Sapporo)
- Omizojin-ya House (Kitahama)
- Otomo Ruins（Otomo Residence） (Oita)
- Remains of Guest House for Joseon missions to Japan (Shingu)
- Remains of the Magozaemon Residence (Tono)
- Ruins of Kannonzaki Lighthouse (2nd Generation) (Yokosuka)
- Ruins of Kawagoe Family's Residence Historical Site Park (Kawagoe)
- Ruins of Sen no Rikyu's Mansion (Sakai)
- Ruins of Yosuke Tetsukawa's Former Residence (Fukuecho)
- Ruins of ancient villa (Tokyo)
- Ruins of the Former Residence of Sufu Masanosuke (Hagi)
- Ruins of the Mansion of Hojo Gennan (Odawara)
- Sakura-jaya Teahouse Remains (Shingu)
- Sekizaki Lighthouse (Usuki)
- Senso Yashiki and Gen'an Tea Houses (Komatsu)
- Shikotsuzaki Kaneshima Lighthouse (Kamaishi)
- Shiroganesaki Lighthouse (Onagawa Cho)
- Site of Go-Hime’s Residence (Kanazawa-shi)
- Site of Hatakeyama Shigetada's Residence (Kamakura)
- Site of Ikoma Clan Mansion (Konan)
- Site of Omura Masujiro's Residence (Uwajima)
- Site of Residences of Hojo Tokifusa and Koike Minbu (Kamakura)
- Site of Ōkubo Dog Residence (Tokyo)
- Suwa Residence Ruins Garden (Fukui-shi)
- Takashima Lighthouse (Masuda)
- Tanigawa Kotosuga Former Residence (Tsu-shi)
- Toba Imperial Villa's Remains (Muko)
- Tōjō Clan House Ruins (Kawaguchi)
- Uemura House (Tanashicho)
- Ōkawa House (Tanashicho)
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