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.
Thousands of people lived in tightly packed accommodations on Hashima, the coal mining isle that is also called Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island, here. Kaji, 91, was born and raised on Hashima ...
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 ...
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 ...