{"id":50229,"date":"2023-01-29T23:37:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T22:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=50229"},"modified":"2023-02-01T21:18:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T20:18:06","slug":"the-abandoned-and-radioactive-cars-lying-in-the-fukushima-exclusion-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/01\/29\/the-abandoned-and-radioactive-cars-lying-in-the-fukushima-exclusion-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"The abandoned and radioactive cars lying in the Fukushima exclusion zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never imagined that a gem like this Porsche 911 Carrera in such a sad state of neglect would top an entry on this website...<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/01\/22\/inside-the-fukushima-exclusion-zone-the-scene-of-the-2011-disaster-in-japan\/\">Inside the Fukushima exclusion zone, the scene of the 2011 disaster in Japan<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/12\/03\/the-furthest-car-park-the-three-wheeled-vehicles-that-were-abandoned-on-the-moon\/\">The furthest car park: the three wheeled vehicles that were abandoned on the Moon<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>It's just one of the cars, some of them really expensive, that were abandoned in the Fukushima exclusion zone after the nuclear accident on March 11, 2011. A week ago we saw an interesting video from the channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exploring the Unbeaten Path<\/a> exploring that location and its current state. Today that same channel has published <strong>an interesting video dedicated specifically to the abandoned and radiation-contaminated cars that rest in that exclusion zone<\/strong>, waiting to be removed and scrapped:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The abandoned Sports &amp; JDM cars of the Fukushima Exclusion Zone\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UJUvStUdY3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see below some screenshots of the video, although I warn you that <strong>these images may hurt the sensibilities of motorsport fans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52657283429_5ed69f0a24_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A 1964 Chevrolet Impala <\/strong>, imported from the US. It is very sad that this classic car is doomed to be scrapped, like the other abandoned cars in that area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52657492493_f2d2efef7d_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Honda S2000 <\/strong>, in a field where many cars being removed from the Fukushima exclusion zone are being placed, before being scrapped.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52656514602_77bbbe4f8b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The rear of the Porsche 911 Carrera Type 964 from the 1990s<\/strong>. It has worn paint from having been outdoors for 12 years, but otherwise it is in good condition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52656514617_0cbd788c00_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Suzuki SJ410 SUV<\/strong>, sold in Spain as Suzuki Samurai. Most of the vehicle has been covered by vegetation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52657492458_e977e0d891_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Daihatsu Move surrounded by vegetation.<\/strong> One thing that stands out is that despite years of neglect, the vast majority of cars have not been vandalized.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52657283444_7acf978ba4_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An abandoned Toyota Sienta in the middle of nowhere.<\/strong> There is a plant that has grown against the left front door, but the car is in good shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never imagined that a gem like this Porsche 911 Carrera in such a sad state of neglect would top an entry on this website&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12876,16877],"tags":[18341,18345,18318,18342,12880,18340,18343,18344,18346],"class_list":["post-50229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excluir-de-anotaciones-eng","category-ruins","tag-chevrolet-impala","tag-daihatsu-move","tag-fukushima","tag-honda-s2000","tag-japan","tag-porsche-911-carrera","tag-suzuki-samurai","tag-suzuki-sj410","tag-toyota-sienta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}