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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"
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.