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A school gym with a collapsed floor after the earthquake Fukushima experienced in 2011.
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Abandoned computers (which look old-fashioned these days) are left to the mercy of bird droppings.
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Another wild boar enjoying a bath on the empty streets of Fukushima.
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A bookshop in chaos after the powerful earthquake shook most of the books to the ground.
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A restaurant table ready for customers, left abandoned for ten years.
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A radiation reading of 6.8 microsieverts per hour. To give you an understanding of this measurement, 8 microsieverts per hour will result in certain death. This means that Fukushima is very dangerous to be in or near.
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Abandoned cars in Fukushima are slowly being consumed by plants.
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An empty gaming arcade in Fukushima, with evidence of the earthquake and tsunami in the building.
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An aerial view of what once was a road. Over the past ten years, grass and plants have grown so much that it the road is no longer discernible.
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These sacks contain contaminated radioactive soil, which must be stored in sealed bags to prevent leakage. They are stacked on top of each other to save space.
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A supermarket untouched by anyone except spiders since the 2011 disaster.
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A Fukushima supermarket with signs still hanging up from 2011.
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A wild boar roaming the streets of Fukushima. Since the 2011 disaster, wildlife has taken over the city in the absence of its 160,000 evacuated residents.
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A vending machine next to an abandoned house in Fukushima, sealed off with tape.
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A house that collapsed on top of a car in Fukushima. This region was most likely in the path of the tsunami.
Photos of Fukushima 10 Years After the Nuclear Disaster
Exactly 10 years ago, the world was in shock as headlines continued coming out of Fukushima, Japan. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Japan and caused a tsunami that ravaged the city of Fukushima. The tsunami caused the local power plant to shut down, and three nuclear reactors melted down and leaked lethal amounts of radiation. People within a 50 kilometre radius of Fukushima were forced to evacuate immediately, with no chance to pack up. The result was an empty city and neighboring towns with half-eaten meals left on dining tables and cars abandoned on roads.
Over the past 10 years, the city of Fukushima has been reclaimed by nature and wildlife, with few human visitors (as the radiation levels have been too high). Now, some small towns on the very edges of the exclusion zone are allowing residents to return. However, it will be a long time (perhaps never) that residents will be able to return to the site of the nuclear power plant. In remembrance of the Fukushima disaster, below are 15 photos of the eerily abandoned city.
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