Royal Hachijo Hotel abandoned in Japan
In the early 1960s, it was impossible for Japanese tourists to supervise travel. The country's tourism industry has been trying to compensate by building equivalent resorts closer to home. Hachijo-jima Island, part of the Izu Islands of the Philippine Sea, has been chosen for its subtropical climate and has been promoted to "Hawaii of Japan". At a distance of 287 kilometers south of Tokyo, it was possible to reach the island by ferry or plane.
The island has seen many investments with the construction of many new hotels. The largest of them was the sumptuous Hachijo Royal Hotel. Based on French Baroque architecture, its gardens contained plaster remains of Greek statues and ornate fountains. The hotel attracted customers from Japan's growing middle class and was very successful.
In the following decades, things changed because Japanese tourists could now visit other countries more easily. The prospect of spending their holidays on the black volcanic sands of Hachijo-jima was not so appealing that they could travel to Thailand, Guam or even Hawaii. The hotel has changed names several times, the last being the Hachijo Oriental Resort before its disappearance and eventual closure around 2006.
Since then, tropical heat and salt water have caused the hotel to deteriorate rapidly, while thick vegetation has covered the exterior. Inside the hotel, everything seems to have been left out, from furniture to computers and other equipment. However, it does not seem possible to reopen it anytime soon
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