Mines - Japan
54 documented abandoned mines have been mapped by the Urbexology community across Japan, with the highest concentration around Bibai (4), Omuta (3), Motegi (2). Each location below links to its own page with coordinates, photos where available, and access notes.
All locations
- Abandoned Copper Mine (Hamada)
- Akenobe Mine Ruins (Yamazakicho-nakabirose)
- Atami Stone Quarry (Atami)
- Besshi Copper Mine Tōbei District Ruins (Niihama)
- Copper Mine Ruins (Naze)
- Emperor Tenji's Quarry (Otsu-shi)
- Former Ancient Nagato Copper Mine (Important Mine No. 4) (Yamaguchi-shi)
- Former Ponbetsu Coal Mine Headframe (Bibai)
- Former Roasting Furnace Site, Kami-Koku Mine (Kamiiso)
- Former Shime Mining Works, No. 8 Mine Entrance (Umi)
- Hashima Coal Mine Ruins (Nagasaki-shi)
- Horime Silver Mine (Katsuyama)
- Hoshikuso Pass Obsidian Mine Site (Suwa)
- Ikeshima Coal Mine (Togitsu)
- Ikeshima Coal Mine Experience Tour (Togitsu)
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Site Information Board (Odacho-oda)
- Jinmu copper mine (Mihara)
- Kanayama Mine Entrance (Chichibu)
- Kanayama Mine Smelter (Chichibu)
- Kitadaito Island Phosphorus Mine Ruins (Naze)
- Kitagi Forest Abandoned Quarry (Kasaoka)
- Kuki Silver Mine Ruins (Miyoshi)
- Matsuo Mine Ruins (Shizukuishi)
- Miike Colliery - Miyanohara Pit (Omuta)
- Mine Station (Onoda)
- Miyadani Stone Quarry (Maruoka)
- Momose Water Torture Pit (Nakanojomachi)
- Naganobori Copper Mine Ruins (Yamaguchi-shi)
- Nakanoshima Coal Mine Remains (Nagasaki-shi)
- Narutaki Quarry Remained Site (Wakayama-shi)
- Nitahayasaki Mine Ruins (Crystal Cape) (Nishinoomote)
- Omusaro Plateau Pit Dwellings (Mombetsu)
- Pit Dwelling Remains Preservation Building (Yokohama)
- Promenade in The ruins of the Takatori Mine. (Motegi)
- Quarry Pond (Kasaoka)
- Ruins of Quarry (Kamakura)
- Site of a Large Pit Dwelling (Aomori Shi)
- Stone quarry site(stone stage) (Futtsu)
- Tada Silver and Copper Mine Administrator Office Site (Takarazuka)
- Takada Quarry (Kaseda-shirakame)
- Takigahara Quarry Remains (Komatsu)
- Tamayama remains of gold mines (Ofunato)
- The ruins of the Takatori Mine. (Motegi)
- Urasoe City West Coast Quarry Ruins (Ginowan)
- Utara Coal Mine Site (Ishigaki)
- Yashio Mine (Fujioka)
- Yoshioka Copper Mine (Niimi)
- 山ノ神祭祀施設 (Omuta)
- 旧:明延鉱山 中心地跡 (Yamazakicho-nakabirose)
- 旧幾春別炭鉱錦立坑櫓 (Bibai)
- 旧志免鉱業所竪坑櫓 (Umi)
- 第二竪坑櫓 (Omuta)
- 開閉所 (Bibai)
- 黒い妙夢 (Bibai)
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