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Long-form expeditions into Japan's abandoned mines, hotels and theme parks, written by somebody who actually climbed in.
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Gakuranman sits in Liminal Spaces under Weird, filed as rabbit hole.
About this category: Photographs of places with nobody in them: dead malls, empty pools, corridors at 3am. An aesthetic that has no right to be this affecting.
Yes. Gakuranman is free to use and needs no account.
No. You can use Gakuranman without signing up for anything.
Yes. Gakuranman works on phones as well as desktop browsers.
Yes, we file it as safe for work. It also works muted.
We file it as "Rabbit hole": Clear your evening. We warned you.
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