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"Yume Town Opens Nearby Just Two Years After Opening," "The Anchor Tenant, a Supermarket, Withdraws, Leading to a Gradual decline"... The Rise and Fall of Shimane's "Abandoned Shopping Mall"

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Empty and deserted. Lots of empty spaces. Only the background music echoes emptily. Such "abandoned malls" exist all over Japan. Why did these once-flourishing commercial facilities become ruins? When we investigated the reasons, seven factors emerged. This time, we will focus on "Hirata Shopping Center ViVA" in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture.
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Empty and deserted. Lots of empty spaces. Only the background music echoes emptily. Such "abandoned malls" exist all over Japan. Why did these once-flourishing commercial facilities become ruins? When we investigated the reasons, seven factors emerged. This time, we will focus on "Hirata Shopping Center ViVA" in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture.

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toyokeizai.net broke the news on Saturday, August 29, 2026.
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