Military Sites - Japan
1063 documented abandoned military sites have been mapped by the Urbexology community across Japan, with the highest concentration around Itoman (20), Hiroshima-shi (15), Ishikawa (14). Each location below links to its own page with coordinates, photos where available, and access notes.
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- Hokkaido (92)
- Okinawa (77)
- Hiroshima (57)
- Fukuoka (52)
- Hyogo (44)
- Shizuoka (44)
- Kanagawa (35)
- Ibaraki (33)
- Nagano (31)
- Chiba (29)
- Yamaguchi (28)
- Miyagi (25)
- Ishikawa (25)
- Okayama (24)
- Iwate (23)
- Niigata (22)
- Shimane (22)
- Kagoshima (21)
- Oita (21)
- Nagasaki (19)
- Fukushima (19)
- Tochigi (19)
- Osaka (18)
- Yamagata (17)
- Fukui (16)
- Kochi (16)
- Saitama (16)
- Saga Prefecture (15)
- Aichi (15)
- Kumamoto (14)
- Kagawa (14)
- Gunma (14)
- Aomori (13)
- Shiga Prefecture (13)
- Tokyo (13)
- Ehime (13)
- Tottori (12)
- Gifu (12)
- Kyoto (11)
- Yamanashi (10)
- Wakayama (10)
- Toyama (8)
- Nara (7)
- Miyazaki (6)
- Akita (6)
- Tokushima (6)
- Mie (4)
All locations
- 2nd Battery Ruins (Sumoto)
- 3 Eaves Battery Remains (Yokosuka)
- 32nd Army Headquarters Shelter (Naha-shi)
- 3rd Battery Ruins (Sumoto)
- 3号竪穴建物 (Zama)
- 50mシックナー (Ryotsu-minato)
- Abaminedai Ruins (Inashiki)
- Additional Coastal Battery Trace (Yokosuka)
- Afghanistan Pavilion ruins (Ibaraki)
- Aikawa Bridge (Kakamigahara)
- Aikoku Chiso Memorial Site (Ginowan)
- Amenomiya Tumulus Cluster (Nanao)
- Ametakisan (Shido)
- Ancient Rock Cut (Ishikawa)
- Ancient Scandinavian Runestone (Replica) (Tokyo)
- Araodake Observation Deck (Ushibuka)
- Army & Field (Odawara)
- Army Boundary Marker (Okegawa)
- Asakawa Underground Bunker (Area I) (Hachioji)
- Asama Weir (Ohara)
- Asosanjoyuryo Parking Lot (Aso)
- Atomic Bomb Dome (Hiroshima-shi)
- Awase Airfield Marker (Okinawa)
- Awashima Naval Pier (Numazu)
- Azuki rocks (Tenno)
- Bat Cave (Obanazawa)
- Battleship MUTSU Cenotaph (Iwakuni)
- Bell of Happiness (Katsuura)
- Betto Nozoki (Katsuyama)
- Birthplace of Dynamite in Japan (Tamamura)
- Black Ship Defense Battery Ruins (Ito)
- Blowhole Statue (Ishikawa)
- Border Monument (Yamaguchi-shi)
- Bunker (Ishikawa)
- Cape Oyama (Aki)
- Cape Shinodai (Shizunai-furukawacho)
- Cape Unoo (Marumori)
- Cenotaph at the site of the former Kitaura Naval Air Corps Base. (Itako)
- Cenotaph of Destroyer Enoki (Obama)
- Central Gun Battery Ruins (Takehara)
- Chanobatake Site (Hakui)
- Chausuyama Kofun (Kanuma)
- Chausuyama Tumulus (Otsu-shi)
- Chichijima Ruins (Kagoshima-shi)
- Chiran Airfield Combat Command Center Ruins (Kaseda-shirakame)
- Chiran Airfield Main Gate (Kaseda-shirakame)
- Chiran Airfield Water Tower (Kaseda-shirakame)
- Chiyo Pond (Shimoda)
- Chōshichiyachi Shell Mound (Uchimaru)
- Combat Logistic Battalion 4 Motor Transport Platoon (Nago)
- Concealment Cave (Itoman)
- Doryado Ruins (Hachioji)
- Dosakayakushido (Katsuura)
- Ebetsubuto Nōson Park (Ebetsu)
- Ebisugahana Wave Breaker Block (Hagi)
- Eniwa Historic Sand Dunes (Obihiro)
- Enmeijizoson (Okegawa)
- Equality Rock (Nara-shi)
- Esato Memorial Tower (Itoman)
- Former Imperial Japanese Navy Outpost Ruins (Maebaru-chuo)
- Former Japanese Army Igō-No.33 Submarine Cenotaph. (Masaki-cho)
- Former Kashima Naval Air Base Site. (Inashiki)
- Former Military Police Guardhouse (Kawaguchi)
- Former Northern Army Headquarters main gate pillar (Sapporo)
- Former Site of Gion-no-su Battery (Kagoshima-shi)
- Former Site of the Haramachi Airfield Hangars (Namie)
- Former Yamato Naval Air Base (Yanagimoto Airfield) (Tenri)
- Former site of Kochi Naval Airfield No. 2 (Kochi-shi)
- Fui Dunchi (Nago)
- Fujiyama Kofun (Mibu)
- Fukuichi Site Park (Yonago)
- Fukuoka Naval Air Corps Memorial Monument (Maebaru-chuo)
- Fuyu (Kushiro)
- Gate of the Imperial Army 36th Infantry Regiment Garrison (Sabae)
- Gendake Observation Deck (Atami)
- Genkoborui Imazu Area (Maebaru-chuo)
- Gondayudaijin (Kobe)
- Gongengao (Kagoshima-shi)
- Gonosawa Bridge (Otofuke)
- Goryokaku ruins stone monument (Hakodate)
- Goshogasaki Battery Ruins (Yokosuka)
- Goshokan Ruins (Tomiya)
- Government Office East Wakiden Building Ruins (Rifu)
- Government Office South Main Avenue Site (Rifu)
- Gunkanjima (Nagasaki-shi)
- Gunkanjima No. 1 Observation Plaza (Nagasaki-shi)
- Hakoishi (Ichinoseki)
- Hakoishi Bridge (Ichinoseki)
- Hana-Yashiki trace (Toyooka)
- Hanashiro Beach (Itoman)
- Hanga Iwabana (Ueda)
- Haradaryokudo Park (Umi)
- Harutorucharankechashi-ato ruins (Remains of the Ainu people) (Kushiro)
- Hayase Bridge (Kure)
- Hegurajima Fukawandō Cave Archaeological Site (Nanao)
- Hibiya Gate Ruins (Tokyo)
- Hijiyama Military Cemetery (Hiroshima-shi)
- Hirasaku Imperial Japanese Army Cemetery (Yokosuka)
- Hirayama Higashi City Ruins (Umi)
- Historic Open Bunker (Sakura)
- Hiura Cape (Hakodate)
- Hiyanezaka Stone Paved Road (Ishikawa)
- Hiyori Bridge (Ishinomaki)
- Honmaru Foundation (Omihachiman)
- Hototogisu Monument (Zushi)
- Hozu Kobashi Bridge (Kameoka)
- Hyakken Ishigaki (Umi)
- Hyakuninhama (Obihiro)
- Hyotan Shaft (Takarazuka)
- Ibu Beach (Nago)
- Ichani Karikariusu Historical Site (Shibetsu)
- Iitani 2 Go Bridge (Otake)
- Ikariishi (Karatsu)
- Ikuji Battery (Nyuzen)
- Imperial Army's Pier (Yokosuka)
- Inome Cave (Izumo)
- Ionojoshi Park (Kuroiso)
- Irieyama Old Observatory (Hakodate)
- Iron Gate Ruins (Kanazawa-shi)
- Ishibutai Tumulus (Sakurai)
- Ishida-zutsumi Dike (Gyoda)
- Isohama Light Post (Oarai)
- Isonokami Dōtaku Bronze Bell Site (Tenri)
- Iwate Army Airfield Ruins (Kitakami)
- Janeh Cave (Katsuren-haebaru)
- Jizo Cape (Innoshima)
- Jogamine (Oyabe)
- Kagamiishi (Aso)
- Kaizuka Kofun Site (Mitsukaido)
- Kamataki (Nikko)
- Kameiwa (Muroran)
- Kamewari (Kanazawa-shi)
- Kaminokunidate (Katsuyamadate) Ruins (Kamiiso)
- Kamisoyagi No. 3 Site (Minami-rinkan)
- Kamiura Tenkai Observatory (Tsukumiura)
- Kamo Iwakura Ruins (Hiratacho)
- Kamo Iwakura Ruins Guidance Room (Hiratacho)
- Kamuy Kotan (Fukagawa)
- Kanehisa 's Bijuru Ruins (Chatan)
- Kannonzaki Battery / Big Palm Bastion Ruins (Yokosuka)
- Kannonzaki Battery Ruins (Nagasaki-shi)
- Karakasa-matsu (Chino)
- Kasaiwa (Iwanai)
- Kasane-ga-fuchi (Mitsukaido)
- Kashima Naval Air Base, Site of Seaplane Launching Catapult (Inashiki)
- Kashimakirin (Bibai)
- Katsuyamachiku Park (Shimonoseki)
- Kawatana Naval Arsenal Concrete Bollard (Ureshinomachi-shimojuku)
- Kaya Corps Headquarters Bunker (Ginowan)
- Kenbutsudo ruins (Matsushima)
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