Haunting Japanese ghost town frozen in time sheds light on country's turbulent economic past

An urban explorer recently documented a largely abandoned, yet remarkably well-preserved, Japanese resort town.

Kinugawa Onsen, located in Nikkō, a city in central Japan's Tochigi Prefecture, was once a thriving tourist destination known for its hot springs and towering cliffside hotels. 

"I was scouting other nearby locations when I came across this entire district of abandoned hotels," 28-year-old Luke Bradburn told news agency SWNS.  "It was like walking into a ghost town."

The area was first developed in the 1970s ...