TOKYO >> On an island off the coast of Nagasaki, ruins that seem on the verge of collapse stand clustered behind a high ...
Hashima Island in the Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, was once a thriving arm of the country's industrial revolution - but ...
Hashima Island, Japan, was once a bustling hive of activity - but its sordid past has rendered it uninhabitable.
A Japanese island once packed with wealthy residents was abandoned over a century ago - and has since become a magnet for ...
Faced with the difficulty of constructing a new mine, Mitsubishi deemed that the coal that could be mined safely was exhausted. Hashima Coal Mine, while still in the black, was closed in January ...
The island, also known as Gunkanjima (Battleship Island), was once home to the Hashima Coal Mine, an underwater coal mine that contributed to Japan’s modernization. More than 5,000 people ...