I only entered the building closest to the road, which was apparently a youth hostel. A door had been left unlocked, so I just opened it and walked on in. When buildings are abandoned in Japan, it's normal to leave much of the furniture and other contents behind, and this place was no exception. The interior was mostly in good condition, as least superficially.

I had my doubts about the building's structural integrity, however. I got the impression that the frame was leaning slightly, and the floors seemed a little wobbly and uneven. The floor had partially collapsed in one ground floor room. Rather eerily, two towels that had been draped over a clothesline above the collapsing floor remained in place, although they weren't even secured by clothes pegs. An interior door near the front desk had buckled in the middle, apparently crushed as its frame sagged on top of it.

There was a large notice board on the ground floor near the stairs, where people had pinned expired railway tickets, business cards, airline boarding passes, and various other things. The newest ones that I saw dated from 1997, which gives a rough idea of when the place closed.