Matsuo Kouzan: The eerie abandoned Matsuo mining town ...
Apr 11, 2016· Matsuo Kouzan, an abandoned mining town, rests about an hour north of Morioka, in Hachimantai. Matsuo Kouzan was the largest sulfur mine in Japan, accommodating around 15,000 mine employees and their families in the apartment blocks nearby. The Matsuo apartments were abandoned in the late 1970s after the mine closed in 1969.