I visited Kanazawa once, to me these spaces gave me this really lonely energy, not entirely bad, just seems like a once great city which is struggling to surviv

I visited Kanazawa once, to me these spaces gave me this really lonely energy, not entirely bad, just seems like a once great city which is struggling to survive or at least keep its identity. I think about what circumstances would turn things around for Kanazawa but couldn’t imagine a time when people would flock back to live there. At least in the near future. So many incredibly quiet yet beautiful neighbourhoods either abandoned or waiting to be. Almost worth a visit if in Japan just to experience it. There is a list of beautiful things to see there. I wonder if anyone else who’s been there felt the same ? I couldn’t tell if the author was trying to convey a similar feeling or not. Maybe the following comes close. > Seidenberg’s photographs depict this city as storied and imperiled, poised between decline and revival.