While Japan is often depicted as a modern, thriving metropolis, filled with people, there is another, lesser known side, that has been forgotten and that is found in the various man-made ruins dotted throughout the country. Photographer Tetsuro Kobayashi has travelled throughout Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa, to capture these barren and empty spaces, often factories or industry terrains, in all their haunting beauty. The book contains little text and is filled with colour photographs.