'I've explored 300 derelict buildings but one will haunt me for the rest of my life'

An urban explorer managed to sneak into the abandoned nuclear control room in the Fukushima red zone - discovering it eerily frozen in time.

Lukka Ventures, 27, has spent the last four years exploring derelict buildings across the UK. After watching a documentary on the Fukushima nuclear disaster, he decided to head out to explore the 'red zones' - sites that have been closed off - around the nuclear power plant.

He snooped round abandoned hospitals, malls and apartments which he said were untouched by time, describing the experience as spookily surreal.

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On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami initiated a nuclear incident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Three of the six nuclear reactors at the plant had severe damage and released hydrogen and radioactive materials and residents within 30 km of the site were ordered to leave.

Lukka, from Bury, said: "I've always wanted to go to Japan, there are a lot of abandoned places there. I had been studying the Fukushima red zones for a few weeks before I set off on my adventure.

"It was a very surreal experience. Everything had been left, there were calendars on the wall that were fixed on the same date of the disaster.

"You could see people had taken refuge and you would walk into the shops and all the stock would be on the shelves still. It was really surreal.

"You will walk into a building and there is stuff all over the floor. Animals have got in and tried to get food, you can see that the earthquake shook everything onto the floor."

Lukka, spent four days in the Fukushima red zones in Ōkuma, Japan, in February 2024, sharing his findings on his YouTube channel - @lukkaVentures

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