Not long after I first came to Aomori I noticed an interesting pink building along the side of road between Asamushi and Hiranai. It appeared to be an old abandoned drive in love hotel called "Hotel Endless 2". Perhaps the "2" was added to the name so as to avoid confusion with the original Hotel Endless. Since we don't have open love hotels in Canada, let alone abandoned ones, I was immediately curious about what might lay behind its boarded up windows. For months I drove by the place, itching to pull over and take a quick look around. Strangely I always seemed to be in too much of a hury to get somewhere (Hirosaki) to do so. Well this weekend I had nothing to do, so I finally decided to check the place out and even took a friend of mine along with me. This friend will remain nameless in order to protect her identity should anyone have a problem with our somewhat less than legal adventure. Anyway, I was really pleasantly surprised by what we found since I didn't expect to see much inside the joint. It was pretty earie walking around in there. Many windows were completely borded causing the once colourful rooms to be pitch black inside. The wind kept slamming shutters around and gave us the impression that we weren't alone. It was definately a strange feeling being in a dark and decaying place that was once so alive with sex and frivolity. The whole experience was really interesting and has inspired me to seek out more abandoned spaces around Aomori, such as the old snack bar complex Luke and Akiko found on Mount Iwaki a few months ago. If you'd like to see for yourself what I've been yammering on about then next time you're driving along Route 4 between Asamushi and Hiranai, look for a big pink boarded up building and take a peek inside, or just click here for a look behind the walls of Hotel Endless 2.