Some buildings

 This must have been a fantastic home in the near past, but now it is boarded up.

 A golf driving range and an empty parking lot. Parking spots are hard to find as most house have room for one car at most and many families now have two cars. When a lot goes empty, the owner often puts in a parking lot, even if it is only for a year or two. The fees bring in a lot more than the taxes on the land and the paving that is necessary.

The Japanese often do not care about the immediate surroundings to something of value. Here two very nice Buddhist statues are simply placed on top of a pile of concrete blocks.