‘Ghost’ pictured stalking halls of abandoned Japanese school left to rot after devastating Fukushima earthquake

An EERIE photo shows a “ghost” lurking in a rural Japanese school that was abandoned following the tragic 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

Creepy pictures inside the derelict “frozen in time” building reveal lived in classroom items like homework and schoolbags while showing no trace of human life.

Ben captured this eerie ‘ghost’ picture which he thinks may be an old pupil or teacherJamPress

Classrooms were still kitted out with schoolbags 13 years laterJamPress

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Homework was still remarkably piled up on the floor[/caption]

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A worn out satchel lies on a desk as if it was used recently[/caption]

But one particularly haunting image shows a fuzzy human-like figure strolling mindlessly through the hallway with eyes glued to the ground.

It’s unclear if the figure is male or female but the silhouette appears to have short, black hair and dons a grey t-shirt and black trousers.

No other human presence has been detected in the school that is complete with empty benches and PCs from the noughties.

Cambridge native Ben, 30, said the hallway image he took sent chills down his spine – and suspects it depicts either a teacher or pupil.

He said: “It was only after looking back at my photos I noticed a figure in the hallway.

“It was like a black and white figure and looked like a spirit. I just felt really weird after seeing it.

“I haven’t experienced much with the supernatural or spirits but I know the Japanese believe spirits stay where they belong.”

Ben, who explores abandoned sites, claimed he checked all rooms were empty before he started taking pictures in the school.

He spent hours wandering around cell blocks, a visitation hall, gym and canteen – and even saw posters of pupils from years ago.

“It looks like either a student or teacher but it’s just very, very eerie.

“There was nobody else there and there is no way I’d take a shot of a hallway if someone was coming up it – I’d be freaked out.”

There are also worn out school satchels that remain perched upon desks – and a classroom kitted out with piles of homework.

Teachers and pupils left the building empty after the country suffered the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disaster 13 years ago.

The calamity, also known as the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, killed over 18,000, thousands of who remain unrecovered.

Ben added: “The place is quite creepy because it is completely untouched.

“There are still the school bags on desks, homework on the walls, awards on the walls, even the plants which are dead in biology.

“It sits on its own on the outskirts of town with everything frozen in time.”

Last month, the keen explorer shared photos of an abandoned ship which had intact casino equipment despite its passengers dying from a serious lung disease three years ago,

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Paintbrushes are still sat in the same exact position they were 13 years ago[/caption]

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Posters of children are still up in the abandoned school[/caption]

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There is still a computer room although they’ve remained untouched since the disaster[/caption]