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THIS is what inside Japan’s largest abandoned resort looks like – fit with a thousand Buddha statues and overgrown hot springs.

The eerie pictures capture the remnants of what used to be a five-star, 1000-room hotel in the country’s northern region of Ishikawa.

Overgrown abandoned hotel buildings on a hillside.
Japan’s biggest abandoned hotelCredit: Getty
Statue of the Mother Kannon at Kaga-dera Temple.
1,000 gold Buddha statues sitting uniformly in what is known as Raken HallCredit: Katsuotsu / TripAdvisor
Plant in a dilapidated room of a Japanese hotel.
The large empty rooms appear eerie with broken windowsCredit: Getty
Plants growing in the debris of a dilapidated hotel room.
Vegetation grows inside the hotelCredit: Getty

Also known as Kaga No Sato – or the Hachijo Royal – the resort debuted in 1987 as a religious-themed amusement park before shutting its doors in 2005.

Once a vibrant spot luring thousands of tourists and locals each year, the multi-million pound destination featured ornate temple halls and a spectacular golden pagoda.

Fascinating pictures shows one of the hotel’s lobbies strewn with tattered wooden furniture, a keyboard – and even a rusting Cadillac.

The large empty rooms are covered with broken glass windows, worn curtains and carpets.

Meanwhile, dilapidated buildings are punctuated with old cars and overgrown plants as the resort lies in ruins.

But towering over the debris remains a gargantuan gold Buddha statue, standing as a reminder of the long-lost amusement park.

Some of the hotel’s other spaces looking oddly well preserved.

Most astonishingly though, are the 1000 shining Buddha statues, sitting uniformly in what is known as Raken Hall.

Blown away, Josh remarked, “I’ve never seen anything quite like this. It’s a surreal place. The decaying ceiling… all of the statues lined up… It’s like something out of a dream.”

Other rooms appear hauntingly untouched with wooden hangers still dangling in wardrobes and bed sheets folded neatly on beds.

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Meanwhile, fridges stand seemingly intact in what would have been the hotel’s kitchen with calendars chillingly pinned to walls.

More than four decades after its closure, nature has claimed the area once bustling with visitors, as shrubs and greenery now cover the concrete grounds and intertwine with the remnants of Japanese hot springs.

It comes just weeks after Luke Bradburn, another content creator, shared an eerie video of abandoned hotela in Japan‘s Kinugawa Onsen.

Overgrown teal fire escape at an abandoned hotel.
Outside the abandoned hotel where greenery snakes up its rusting staircaseCredit: Getty
Taxidermied deer in abandoned hotel lobby.
Some spaces appear oddly well preservedCredit: Getty
A chair sits in a sunlit room overlooking green trees.
A chair neatly sits on the tatty and worn carpetCredit: Getty

The city has stood untouched in Japan for more than 30 years.

Luke Bradburn stumbled upon the area while exploring the Fukushima exclusion zone in early 2024.

Famed for its natural hot springs, this area would once have been buzzing with tourists and holidaymakers.

Bradburn spent six hours exploring Kinugawa Onsen, making his way through a handful of around 20 buildings.

The 28-year-old from Bury said: “It was like walking into a ghost town.

“There were abandoned cars on the streets and while you could drive through the area, every building around you was just left to rot.

“When we stepped inside, the contrast was mad.

“From the outside, it’s all overgrown and decaying, but inside some of the rooms were pristine – like no one had touched them in decades.”

Damaged video arcade game in an abandoned hotel.
Old video games appear abandoned in one of the hotel’s many roomsCredit: Getty
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