The Okawa Grand Hotel (大川グランドホテル) went up around 1961, a big seaside pile from the golden age of Japanese group tourism, when buses delivered entire companies to hot springs by the coast. It closed in the early 2000s, and the sea has been dismantling it ever since. Salt wind, typhoons and trespassers do the work floor by floor, while demolition stays stuck somewhere between ownership and cost.

Abandoned, but not lonely: the hotel became a popular stop for bus drivers, who like to gather here for a happy BBQ party between two jobs, and the pool behind the building reportedly still saw swimmers in summer long after the last guest checked out. There is something very endearing about a ruin that keeps rendering small services to the living.