Spike Japan is great. He needed an editor though. It's a great reminder of the collapse of rural Japan- that's still ongoing today. Those parts of rural Japan should never have had the development that they did have during the 80s/90s bubble years.
[0] https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/aug/15/yubari-japan-...
[1] https://spikejapan.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/yubari-withering...