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My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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New to the site so thought I'd share my first ever urbex pictures I took over 5 years ago. They were captured at Nara Dreamland in Nara, Japan... an amusement park that closed down in 2006 and was sadly demolished in 2016.

Back then, I was just a curious traveler and had no idea that I'd catch the bug and continue urban exploration as a hobby. Nara Dreamland was my gateway drug. Going in both scared the hell out of me (there were rumors that robots patrolled the park) and made me feel incredibly alive (would the rollercoaster collapse on me?). It irks me that I didn't discover urbex until the end of my many years living there.

I think I sat in that rollercoaster loop for an hour, feeling like a queen.

What type of site drew you into the urbex world?




Central Va
Male
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Super cool site! It's a shame it's gone. My first spots were much less interesting.
Don't be a Maxx
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Neat! Looks like a great spot!
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Welcome, thanks for sharing.
Nice photos.

It was psychiatric hospitals mainly got me interested.
My brother was in and out I went to an abandoned one he was a patient at.
Georgia - Mostly
Male
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Love the first photo! Great site. I got started Urbexing by accident many years ago and didn't even know it was a thing until much later. I was taking photos of old buildings that were crumbling and abandoned around the city of Atlanta in the years just after the Olympics (Summer games were in Atlanta in 1996).
Female
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Posted by kabdad
Love the first photo! Great site. I got started Urbexing by accident many years ago and didn't even know it was a thing until much later. I was taking photos of old buildings that were crumbling and abandoned around the city of Atlanta in the years just after the Olympics (Summer games were in Atlanta in 1996).


That’s awesome. Japan still uses most of its Olympic sites but has plenty of abandoned amusement parks it seems!
New Jersey
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Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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What an awesome first site! I unfortunately never got to go to Dreamland but I've seen so many pictures it almost feels like I've been there. I mostly got into urbex through abandoned factories and industrial sites, since I grew up with Thomas Edison's cement factory right down the road from my house. That and a couple of random abandoned barns and houses.
SouthEast, Texas
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W/MyOwnEyes
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Giri Giri I have always loved pictures from this place. Thank You so Much for sharing yours! Would you happen to have a few more? id love to see them if you do.
SF East Bay
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hippity hop
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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these are beautiful pics! i've always wanted to go to nara dreamland and was so sad when i heard it got demo'd. glad you have pictures to show what it used to be!
Female
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Posted by notloganparker
What an awesome first site! I unfortunately never got to go to Dreamland but I've seen so many pictures it almost feels like I've been there. I mostly got into urbex through abandoned factories and industrial sites, since I grew up with Thomas Edison's cement factory right down the road from my house. That and a couple of random abandoned barns and houses.


I had to look up! It’s actually close to where I grew up Maybe will need to check it out when I’m home next. Such cool history!
Female
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Posted by MisUnderstood!
Giri Giri I have always loved pictures from this place. Thank You so Much for sharing yours! Would you happen to have a few more? id love to see them if you do.


I do have more! What’s the best way to send them your way? Message me and I can email them to you
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Cave Cave Deus Videt
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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so much awesome here
SouthEast, Texas
Female
W/MyOwnEyes
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Posted by Giri Giri


I do have more! What’s the best way to send them your way? Message me and I can email them to you


If you want to you can just add them to the end of your thread... if you dont want to do that, you can post them on private message for me... Either way i will message you. Thank You!
Female
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Here's a few more








SouthEast, Texas
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W/MyOwnEyes
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Thank You So Much for the extra photos! This place is so cool. I wish i would of had the opportunity to visit there like you did.... It reminds me alot of Six Flags in NOLA. which i DID have the pleasure of seeing 2 times. Love how overgrow parts of Nara are when you was there. Great views of the coasters too!
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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So did you sit on a horse?
Female
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Posted by MisUnderstood!
Thank You So Much for the extra photos! This place is so cool. I wish i would of had the opportunity to visit there like you did.... It reminds me alot of Six Flags in NOLA. which i DID have the pleasure of seeing 2 times. Love how overgrow parts of Nara are when you was there. Great views of the coasters too!


Ah luckyyyyy!
Female
Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Posted by selectedgrub
So did you sit on a horse?



Yup! I sat on a horse, spun around on the tea cups, and many other immobile things. Good times
Melbourne, Australia
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Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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whoa! I couldn't imaging stumbling across a place like this...
What an awesome place and such a shame it's gone now. I wish I'd been into urban exploration 5 years ago, when half of the best places were still standing...
Thanks for posting! Awesome pictures!
Montreal
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Re: My first urbex at Nara Dreamland (RIP) so long ago
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Nice pictures!
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