Gunkan-jima, Nagasaki

Hashima Island (端島; meaning "Border Island"), commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島; meaning "Battleship Island") is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki itself. The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. The island's most notable features are the abandoned concrete buildings and the sea wall surrounding it. It has been administered as part of Nagasaki, Nagasaki since 2005, it had previously been administered by the former town of Takashima.

It also is known as the Ghost Island. It is known for its coal mines and their operation during the industrialization of Japan. Mitsubishi bought the island in 1890 and began the project, the aim of which was retrieving coal from the bottom of the sea. They built Japan's first large concrete building, a block of apartments in 1916 to accommodate their burgeoning ranks of workers, and to protect against typhoon destruction.（Wikipedia）

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• Industrial
• heritage
• Uninhabited
• island
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• 無人島
• 産業遺産
• 近代化遺跡
• 軍艦島

[PLURIC]

You could write so many fictional stories based on that island...

It'd be cool to see a horror movie based on tourists who decided to sneak into the island and can't get out.

[Colangees2]

This island is really cool. I hope they keep it like it is.

[BK20129]

そごいですね。。

[McLarenMercedes]

@ihatesteveburdet

for the money?? a job and salary is a good reason to live there.

Sealand is way smaller and how could anybody live THERE for decades?

[chrisere9]

@korea7891 Their was coal under the sea very near the island so the company brought the island for their workers. then when the coal ran out they were no longer needed so thye and the company left. I think it was coal im not sure though.

[limosine]

There WAS a horror movie filmed there! It's called Battle Royale II. Check it out

[irvykinneas]

@korea7891 people just left...they werent needed there anymore

[korea7891]

What the hell happend to the island?

[foreverandafter]

Forbidden siren 2

[ihatesteveburdet]

its so small! how can anyone live there!

[ihatesteveburdet]

it is. and i found someone who made a story out of it. Jifkitchen channel - says he wrote a book called THE LONELY WALK.