When the Fukushima nuclear disaster struck Japan, residents within 18 miles of the plant were urged to evacuate. Five years have passed since then and the established exclusion zone is still closed to outsiders.
However, human desire to explore the unknown sometimes wins over set rules and regulations. Keow Wee Loong, a 27 -year-old Malaysian photographer, chose to ignore long government procedures and illegally snuck into Fukushima’s exclusion zone, bypassing police patrols and barricades. “It feels like a real-life version of Fallout” – Keow Wee told We. Equipped with only a gas mask, the daredevil didn’t fear to expose his bare skin to heightened levels of radiation in order to snap some never-before-seen photos of towns, untouched since 2011.
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Abandoned supermarketsgot raided byanimals that were left behind
The book store
Mouthwash from 2011. Still sealed
People left so quickly, they forgottheir laundry. A lot of yen coins scattered all around
Time stopped in townsOkuma, Namie, Futaba, Tamioka
Another huge supermarket in Namie with many items still in place
More magazines from the same date
A box of unopened PS2 in an abandoned home
An abandoned pub in Namie
A lot of limited edition collectionscan be found in the CD shop
Abandoned train station of Namie
One of the barricades in Okuma town
