Inside Gunkanjima 軍艦島 rare film by ADEYTO

ADEYTO presents rare shots of Gunkanjima. The "Battleship Island" or "Ghost Island" Hashima 端島 is one of the 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. Mitsubishi bought the island in 1890 and began the project, the aim of which was retrieving coal from undersea mines. They built Japan's first large concrete building (9 stories high), a block of apartments in 1916 to accommodate their burgeoning ranks of workers.

In 1959, the 15-acre island's population reached its peak of 5,259, with a population density of 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km2). As petroleum replaced coal in Japan in the 1960s, coal mines began shutting down all over the country, and Hashima's mines were no exception. Mitsubishi officially announced the closing of the mine in 1974, and today it is empty and bare, which is why it is called Ghost Island.

The island's most notable features are the abandoned concrete buildings and the sea wall surrounding it. Since the abandoned island has not been maintained, several buildings have already collapsed. Other existing buildings are subject to breakage.

A non-profit organization "The Way to World Heritage Gunkanjima" (represented by Doutoku Sakamoto) is proposing the designation of the Gunkanjima island as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

All video by ADEYTO.

Soundtrack 愛の奇跡 "Le miracle de l'amour" lyrics&voice by ADEYTO for AVEX TRAX label. Available in iTunes on the ADEYTO "Temptation de l'ange" 天使の誘惑" album.

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• 軍艦島
• Gunkanjima
• Battleship Island
• ADEYTO
• Nagasaki
• 端島
• Hashima Island
• 愛の奇跡

[Mastafredi]

9gag...

[1353233]

wow, this could be a great thriller movie set

[user100sg]

nice video + nice song = very good.

[theNasirCorporation]

@1353233 Well, they used it in this movie called Battle Royale II.

[loneperegrinus]

i want to visit this place

[MauricioCasteglione]

Marvelous images. This place is unique.

[MallThat]

@1353233 yeah one where you fall through the floor

[tweetylova09]

this is like a glimpse to a post apocalyptic world, like how the place is engulfed by plants

[MountRockMoore]

What a great place to explore, wonderful job!

[Mastafredi]

@LJSJIUJITSU

i dont think so.

you now, youre the only one there. :)

[LJSJIUJITSU]

@CoN0R115

That would be one very scary night.