Eerie Fukushima: Exploring the Ghost Town Namie with Google Street View

This paper explores the eerie phenomenon presented by the town of Namie in Fukushima prefecture through a virtual tour with Google Street View. To that end the paper will describe and create a theoretical understanding of the pictorial structure, the theme of the uncanny, and the range of image associations, which encompasses the phenomenon experience that is the virtual exploration of Namie. This approach will allow conclusions as to how the imagery can be taken seriously on a conceptual level when teaching geography and used as a basis for learning processes.