We liked aspects of our life in the city, but over time ... a small guesthouse and honeybee farm on Japan's Ōmishima Island and own two formerly abandoned homes that we restored back to life.

In the island’s heyday, about 5300 people lived there, making it the most densely populated island in Japan. Within the ... there is an abandoned cathode ray tube television, along with some ...

abandoned and rotting away on its perch overlooking this city for more than two decades, is getting yet another lease on life. The Art Deco-style structure, dubbed Japan's "Queen of Ruins," will ...