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Guy Sneaks Into The Fukushima Exclusion Zone, Posts Never-Before-Seen Pics Of Town Untouched Since 2011
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 Bored Panda. 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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What do you think ?
Hans 8 years ago
Gas masks but sandals? No Geiger counter? Besides, there is a thin line between catatrophe tourism and keeping the memory alive as well as between investigative reporting and sensationalism.
Joni 8 years ago
I know, really? I thought wearing gas mask, gloves but not wearing long pants and shoes?
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Lorcán Snow 7 years ago
What do you think people usually do around porno magazines?
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Shane Allon 8 years ago
I love how the only place where they didn't leave their product behind was the bar. not one bottle left behind. Shows humanities needs versus priorities.
Ann Ros'a 8 years ago
They drank it all!!!! That's why there was none left. LOL
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Art Donovan 8 years ago
...that moron walking around a radioactive hot zone wearing SHORTS!!!
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Amber Ridgdill 8 years ago
ITT: People who don't understand radioactive fallout. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/03/17/134627643/decontamination-after-radiation-exposure-simpler-than-you-may-think
David Eleazer 7 years ago
I would think the Japanese would understand it better than anyone in history ! That guy knows the risk , and the stores did not look flooded . That place is probably far away from the plant but within the fallout zone . Just a little residual radiation . Not a hot zone .
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Sergio Bicerra 8 years ago
You can't tell because of the mask, but that's Keith Richards. A little radiation won't hurt him.
António Lima 8 years ago
We will have a post of him in the future with two noses snd four ears :-)
Alexis Cope 8 years ago
By posting your true identity are you not at risk of the authorities coming after the fact.
Helen Frances 8 years ago
What an idiot. There is a reason that people haven't been allowed back in. it's called radiation and it could kill him.
Amber Ridgdill 8 years ago
You should actually look up radioactive fallout rather than just assume you understand it. He has a gasmask. That's really all that is needed. You can literally wash fallout off of you since it is carried on dust and/or precipitation (I assume he didn't get rained on). The danger comes from breathing it in, which he clearly isn't.
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robbie2499 8 years ago
This collection while extremely depressing also stirs up feelings of us destroying our planet and ourselves. I found myself compelled to look closely at the photos and then look closely all over again.
Alexandra Villalta 7 years ago
Why couldn't he take some of the unopened stuff? If it's sealed in plastic or in a box?
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Mimi E 8 years ago
"Never before seen" is an overstatement. http://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima/ There are plenty of photographers that have come to the exclusion zone before him and they all bothered to gain permits to enter the zone and permission from the home owners to photograph inside their houses. Also, untouched? There's construction and decontamination work happening all over the three towns he visited. Most of his photos are no longer even inside the actual exclusion zone. The guy is just using the sensationalism of Fukushima to sell his story and his photos.
Connlaoth Devine 7 years ago
I don't even care if he's touching things without gloves and s**t, I'm just wondering why there was an unopened PS2 in 2011, those must be really strict Asian parents 😂
Sara Jane 8 years ago
Even if he is fine after this exploration who knows what it may have done to his sperm if he ever becomes a father, either purposefully or accidently, he may end up regretting this adventure in the future. Don't know if it was worth the risk to see porn magazines from 5 years ago.
Benjamin Jones 5 years ago
https://says.com/my/news/malaysian-photographer-takes-risky-trek-into-radioactive-fukushima-red-zone
Shannon Clark 7 years ago
I feel like there should be more dust, dirt, weeds and leaves. It looked staged and too clean for sitting around since 2011.
Victor Kelly 7 years ago
So would the contents of the sealed cans eg. 'Baked beans' be already cooked.? "Yes I know the The contents won't be edible."
Heidi Coop's 7 years ago
Would like to go there too, be more careful though and i dunno clean it a lil bit?
Mingkeng Taga 7 years ago
Lol Some people being know it all here. Can u just stop and appreciate this pictures.
Phil Roberts 7 years ago
Hentai in the video store, that's a sign of the times. We download it now.
Victoria Teunissen 7 years ago
I dont get why all the groceries are on the floor like that. How does something fall off the shelf like that?
Rendezvous En New York 7 years ago
Why would anybody steal food that has been in the radiation zone....?
Ren Attanasio-Gunn 7 years ago
why is everything scattered around like that? I have zero knowledge of nuclear fallout. Was there an explosion?
Richie Gill 7 years ago
From the biggest earthquake ever to hit Fukushima which caused the Tsunami destroying the nuclear power plant causing the meltdown.
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Sean Mc 7 years ago
I think it's not such a big risk, most of the really dangerous particles wI'll have decayed, the biggest danger would be ingesting (or inhaling ) radioactive particles. He should have a dosimeter and I hope he took his iodine that morning, and decontamination when he leaves. long pants and shoes aren't really going to increase his safety unless I'm missing something, but I'm thinking of it like the radiation that occurs after a nuclear bomb is dropped so maybe there is some other factor that I'm missing.
Willem Oostdyck 7 years ago
So, in short... Fukushima was just as bad, if not worse then Chernobyl...wich happened in 1986, and only for a few years you may enter, under supervision.... This idiot goes into Fukushima unprotected 6 years after???? I wish him a painless death instead of the long suffering people got years after chernobyl.......
Rendezvous En New York 7 years ago
Fukishima is still leaking so it's worse than Chernobyl.
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Datuk Seri Bakuteh 7 years ago
Boredpanda should have checked the veracity of the photos before posting this. http://mothership.sg/2016/07/fukushima-photographer-doubted-over-whether-photographs-were-really-taken-in-red-zone
Amanda Titus 7 years ago
Well, good luck in avoiding the development of cancer... I'm glad it wasn't me. Interesting pictures.
Bonnie Hemmerling 7 years ago
This guy is nuts! If he was going to go at all, he should be in a full hazmat suit. Chernobyl is still not fit for habitation, this place is probably really high on the radiation charts. I think he's going to be really sorry.
Brandon Durham 7 years ago
S**t gat all the money from every register Find gun shops or what ever you have there go to foot locker and cop all them Jordan's and get rid of them sandals lol
Brandon Durham 7 years ago
S**t get some good s**t like guns knives alcohol S**t go to a foot locker trade in them sandals for every pair of Jordan's there mf
Adam Hsiao 7 years ago
All I see is an thief walking around touching people's property. It is still people's property!
DrBoogie Nobama 8 years ago
Normal nuclear reactor fuel like strontium-90 and cesium-137 have half-lives of about 30 years which means after about 200-300 generations it may be safe to return to Fukushima. High level nuclear material is another story requiring maybe 12000 generations to pass. Man would not make it that far anyway so what the hey. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/radwaste.html
Bistra Stoimenova 8 years ago
The idea is good - but risking so much for those photos - seriously dude? I mean - are you insane or you just try the weirdest way to commit suicide?
Intensive Panda 8 years ago
Guy running in sandals like "I don't care, where is my nuka cola? I will throw in some Rad-away and fu radiation"
Herbert Nenenger 8 years ago
I think us humans are doing a stellar job of being wards of the Earth. Whaddya think?
Steven Thompson 8 years ago
Hello, Please do not support the illegal and dangerous actions of Keow Wee Loong. This kid did nothing new. Photos of these places already have been published by people who did so with respect and not taking stupid dramatic poses. He's stated he had an "amazing" time, and was living out a childhood fantasy. He went to play and try and earn money from a tragedy. These places are not secret. They are barricaded to prevent looting and trespassing, which is what this person did. Here are some photos taken by a real journalist who got a proper permit from the government out of professionalism and respect instead of breaking into people's homes and businesses: http://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima/ And here are photos of the other 99% of Fukushima, which is beautiful, alive, and active. Trying to move on and improve. If you're curious about what the non-disaster side of Japan's 3rd-largest prefecture is like outside the 20 km zone. http://fukushimalive.blogspot.jp
Richard Petch 8 years ago
This chap is an idiot and will suffer like they Did at the two atomic bomb sites.
lǝɔɹɐɯ lınʞ 8 years ago
btw, he's not the only one in Namie.. https://www.google.nl/maps/@37.4940676,141.0025772,3a,56.1y,307.85h,84.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smustncS7T5gaZxht1WxiRQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
lǝɔɹɐɯ lınʞ 8 years ago
A busy place there,in Namie lot's of traffic... https://www.google.nl/maps/@37.494035,141.0024475,3a,75y,266.54h,78.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sM2_OEjUpWVd26OmrolPIeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Load More Replies... lǝɔɹɐɯ lınʞ 8 years ago
Btw. Google offers street-view mode of Namie after the blast,take a look...
kevindoneganpdx 8 years ago
It would be interesting if this guy would get a radioactivity test in about a week to see what his levels of radioactivity is.
NS.cutepanda 8 years ago
Its cool to visit some abandoned places ,but not the ones which can put you in health danger
Adam Wright 7 years ago
So, all these comments below pretending that the area is still radioactive. It hasn't been radioactive since the Rockefeller underwater nuke attack on Japan that caused the tsunami and the sabotage of the nuclear plant to cover for the radiation. More and more you all will see evidence that this long-term scare has been just that... A SCARE, and the sheep still just say, "Baaa-aaa-aaa-aaa-aaah"
fruit_panda 6 years ago
No faster way to lose credibility than by talking about people being sheep
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Hans 8 years ago
Gas masks but sandals? No Geiger counter? Besides, there is a thin line between catatrophe tourism and keeping the memory alive as well as between investigative reporting and sensationalism.
Joni 8 years ago
I know, really? I thought wearing gas mask, gloves but not wearing long pants and shoes?
Load More Replies... Lorcán Snow 7 years ago
What do you think people usually do around porno magazines?
Load More Replies... Shane Allon 8 years ago
I love how the only place where they didn't leave their product behind was the bar. not one bottle left behind. Shows humanities needs versus priorities.
Ann Ros'a 8 years ago
They drank it all!!!! That's why there was none left. LOL
Load More Replies... Art Donovan 8 years ago
...that moron walking around a radioactive hot zone wearing SHORTS!!!
Load More Replies... Amber Ridgdill 8 years ago
ITT: People who don't understand radioactive fallout. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/03/17/134627643/decontamination-after-radiation-exposure-simpler-than-you-may-think
David Eleazer 7 years ago
I would think the Japanese would understand it better than anyone in history ! That guy knows the risk , and the stores did not look flooded . That place is probably far away from the plant but within the fallout zone . Just a little residual radiation . Not a hot zone .
Load More Replies... Sergio Bicerra 8 years ago
You can't tell because of the mask, but that's Keith Richards. A little radiation won't hurt him.
António Lima 8 years ago
We will have a post of him in the future with two noses snd four ears :-)
Alexis Cope 8 years ago
By posting your true identity are you not at risk of the authorities coming after the fact.
Helen Frances 8 years ago
What an idiot. There is a reason that people haven't been allowed back in. it's called radiation and it could kill him.
Amber Ridgdill 8 years ago
You should actually look up radioactive fallout rather than just assume you understand it. He has a gasmask. That's really all that is needed. You can literally wash fallout off of you since it is carried on dust and/or precipitation (I assume he didn't get rained on). The danger comes from breathing it in, which he clearly isn't.
Load More Replies... robbie2499 8 years ago
This collection while extremely depressing also stirs up feelings of us destroying our planet and ourselves. I found myself compelled to look closely at the photos and then look closely all over again.
Alexandra Villalta 7 years ago
Why couldn't he take some of the unopened stuff? If it's sealed in plastic or in a box?
Load More Replies... Mimi E 8 years ago
"Never before seen" is an overstatement. http://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima/ There are plenty of photographers that have come to the exclusion zone before him and they all bothered to gain permits to enter the zone and permission from the home owners to photograph inside their houses. Also, untouched? There's construction and decontamination work happening all over the three towns he visited. Most of his photos are no longer even inside the actual exclusion zone. The guy is just using the sensationalism of Fukushima to sell his story and his photos.
Connlaoth Devine 7 years ago
I don't even care if he's touching things without gloves and s**t, I'm just wondering why there was an unopened PS2 in 2011, those must be really strict Asian parents 😂
Sara Jane 8 years ago
Even if he is fine after this exploration who knows what it may have done to his sperm if he ever becomes a father, either purposefully or accidently, he may end up regretting this adventure in the future. Don't know if it was worth the risk to see porn magazines from 5 years ago.
Benjamin Jones 5 years ago
https://says.com/my/news/malaysian-photographer-takes-risky-trek-into-radioactive-fukushima-red-zone
Shannon Clark 7 years ago
I feel like there should be more dust, dirt, weeds and leaves. It looked staged and too clean for sitting around since 2011.
Victor Kelly 7 years ago
So would the contents of the sealed cans eg. 'Baked beans' be already cooked.? "Yes I know the The contents won't be edible."
Heidi Coop's 7 years ago
Would like to go there too, be more careful though and i dunno clean it a lil bit?
Mingkeng Taga 7 years ago
Lol Some people being know it all here. Can u just stop and appreciate this pictures.
Phil Roberts 7 years ago
Hentai in the video store, that's a sign of the times. We download it now.
Victoria Teunissen 7 years ago
I dont get why all the groceries are on the floor like that. How does something fall off the shelf like that?
Rendezvous En New York 7 years ago
Why would anybody steal food that has been in the radiation zone....?
Ren Attanasio-Gunn 7 years ago
why is everything scattered around like that? I have zero knowledge of nuclear fallout. Was there an explosion?
Richie Gill 7 years ago
From the biggest earthquake ever to hit Fukushima which caused the Tsunami destroying the nuclear power plant causing the meltdown.
Load More Replies... Sean Mc 7 years ago
I think it's not such a big risk, most of the really dangerous particles wI'll have decayed, the biggest danger would be ingesting (or inhaling ) radioactive particles. He should have a dosimeter and I hope he took his iodine that morning, and decontamination when he leaves. long pants and shoes aren't really going to increase his safety unless I'm missing something, but I'm thinking of it like the radiation that occurs after a nuclear bomb is dropped so maybe there is some other factor that I'm missing.
Willem Oostdyck 7 years ago
So, in short... Fukushima was just as bad, if not worse then Chernobyl...wich happened in 1986, and only for a few years you may enter, under supervision.... This idiot goes into Fukushima unprotected 6 years after???? I wish him a painless death instead of the long suffering people got years after chernobyl.......
Rendezvous En New York 7 years ago
Fukishima is still leaking so it's worse than Chernobyl.
Load More Replies... Datuk Seri Bakuteh 7 years ago
Boredpanda should have checked the veracity of the photos before posting this. http://mothership.sg/2016/07/fukushima-photographer-doubted-over-whether-photographs-were-really-taken-in-red-zone
Amanda Titus 7 years ago
Well, good luck in avoiding the development of cancer... I'm glad it wasn't me. Interesting pictures.
Bonnie Hemmerling 7 years ago
This guy is nuts! If he was going to go at all, he should be in a full hazmat suit. Chernobyl is still not fit for habitation, this place is probably really high on the radiation charts. I think he's going to be really sorry.
Brandon Durham 7 years ago
S**t gat all the money from every register Find gun shops or what ever you have there go to foot locker and cop all them Jordan's and get rid of them sandals lol
Brandon Durham 7 years ago
S**t get some good s**t like guns knives alcohol S**t go to a foot locker trade in them sandals for every pair of Jordan's there mf
Adam Hsiao 7 years ago
All I see is an thief walking around touching people's property. It is still people's property!
DrBoogie Nobama 8 years ago
Normal nuclear reactor fuel like strontium-90 and cesium-137 have half-lives of about 30 years which means after about 200-300 generations it may be safe to return to Fukushima. High level nuclear material is another story requiring maybe 12000 generations to pass. Man would not make it that far anyway so what the hey. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/radwaste.html
Bistra Stoimenova 8 years ago
The idea is good - but risking so much for those photos - seriously dude? I mean - are you insane or you just try the weirdest way to commit suicide?
Intensive Panda 8 years ago
Guy running in sandals like "I don't care, where is my nuka cola? I will throw in some Rad-away and fu radiation"
Herbert Nenenger 8 years ago
I think us humans are doing a stellar job of being wards of the Earth. Whaddya think?
Steven Thompson 8 years ago
Hello, Please do not support the illegal and dangerous actions of Keow Wee Loong. This kid did nothing new. Photos of these places already have been published by people who did so with respect and not taking stupid dramatic poses. He's stated he had an "amazing" time, and was living out a childhood fantasy. He went to play and try and earn money from a tragedy. These places are not secret. They are barricaded to prevent looting and trespassing, which is what this person did. Here are some photos taken by a real journalist who got a proper permit from the government out of professionalism and respect instead of breaking into people's homes and businesses: http://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima/ And here are photos of the other 99% of Fukushima, which is beautiful, alive, and active. Trying to move on and improve. If you're curious about what the non-disaster side of Japan's 3rd-largest prefecture is like outside the 20 km zone. http://fukushimalive.blogspot.jp
Richard Petch 8 years ago
This chap is an idiot and will suffer like they Did at the two atomic bomb sites.
lǝɔɹɐɯ lınʞ 8 years ago
btw, he's not the only one in Namie.. https://www.google.nl/maps/@37.4940676,141.0025772,3a,56.1y,307.85h,84.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smustncS7T5gaZxht1WxiRQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
lǝɔɹɐɯ lınʞ 8 years ago
A busy place there,in Namie lot's of traffic... https://www.google.nl/maps/@37.494035,141.0024475,3a,75y,266.54h,78.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sM2_OEjUpWVd26OmrolPIeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Load More Replies... lǝɔɹɐɯ lınʞ 8 years ago
Btw. Google offers street-view mode of Namie after the blast,take a look...
kevindoneganpdx 8 years ago
It would be interesting if this guy would get a radioactivity test in about a week to see what his levels of radioactivity is.
NS.cutepanda 8 years ago
Its cool to visit some abandoned places ,but not the ones which can put you in health danger
Adam Wright 7 years ago
So, all these comments below pretending that the area is still radioactive. It hasn't been radioactive since the Rockefeller underwater nuke attack on Japan that caused the tsunami and the sabotage of the nuclear plant to cover for the radiation. More and more you all will see evidence that this long-term scare has been just that... A SCARE, and the sheep still just say, "Baaa-aaa-aaa-aaa-aaah"
fruit_panda 6 years ago
No faster way to lose credibility than by talking about people being sheep
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