An urban explorer snuck into the abandoned nuclear control room in the Fukushima red zone - and found it frozen in time.<br /><br />Lukka Ventures, 27, has been exploring abandoned buildings in the UK for four years.<br /><br />After watching a documentary on the Fukushima nuclear disaster he headed out to explore the 'red zones' - sites that have been closed off - around the nuclear power plant.<br /><br />He snooped round abandoned hospitals, malls and apartments which he said were untouched by time.<br /><br />On March 11, 2011, a earthquake and tsunami initiated a nuclear incident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Lukka, from Manchester, said: "It was a very surreal experience.<br /><br />"Everything had been left, there were calendars on the wall were fixed on the same date of the disaster.<br /><br />"You will walk into a building and there is stuff all over the floor.<br /><br />"Animals have got in and tried to get food, you can see that the earthquake shook everything onto the floor."<br /><br />Lukka, spent four days in the Fukushima red zones in Ōkuma, Japan, in February 2024, sharing his findings on his Youtube channel - @lukkaVentures<br /><br />He carried a Geiger counter - an electronic instrument used for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation - to make sure he wasn't exposing himself.<br /><br />He said: "We were sneaking through rivers and fences. We had to be really careful of how radiated some of the areas were.<br /><br />"It was so so surreal. You would go into shopping centres and they would have food on the shelf.<br /><br />"Everything has been left. Every building we went into was really weird."<br /><br />Lukka found a nuclear bunker in what he believes was a training centre.<br /><br />He said: "We entered a big glass building which had a model of the reactor in the lobby.<br /><br />"We were close to the power plant that exploded.<br /><br />"We walked around the building and there were rooms that had nuclear controllers in there."<br /><br />Lukka said he found walking around the hospital a "scary experience".<br /><br />He said: "I have never explored an area and be scared but the hospital was really scary.<br /><br />"Seeing all the stuff, like bags, coats and other belongings gets you upset.<br /><br />"I am not the type of guy to get upset but I did feel very sad walking around.<br /><br />"The whole experience will stay with me forever."
