Fukushima Exclusion Zone

Polish photographer Arkadyush Podniesinskiywent to Japan to see with his own eyes the exclusion zone around the Fukushima-1 reactor destroyed by the earthquake in the spring of 2011. After receiving permission to enter the 20-kilometer exclusion zone, Arkadiusz saw the same post-apocalyptic landscapes as in Pripyat, Chernobyl. Arkadiusz visited Pripyat many times: photos can be viewed on his site.

Cars thrown near the plant are covered with thickets

Some cars are already completely hidden by greenery

The Geiger counter shows a background of 6.7 microsievert / hour

The fastened motorcycle is also absorbed in greenery

Radioactive televisions are piled up in a heap

Abandoned supermarket is covered with cobweb

Another photo of the post-apocalyptic supermarket

Computer class in an abandoned village near the nuclear power plant

Dining table with portable plates: everything is thrown in a hurry

The maps froze after their last trip, as well as in Pripyat

Musical tools have become just rubbish

Consequences of a powerful earthquake

Classes were abandoned in the midst of lessons

Empty gambling hall

Aerial photography of a dumped dump of collected contaminated land

Bags with radioactive earth are stacked in several rows

The owners are still waiting for their land to be released from the bags

"Nuclear energy is the energy of a bright future," reads the sign

If you forgot what the Pripyat exclusion zone looks like, see the cool video of British director Danny Cook, which we published earlier.