Hashima Island
Photo of Hashima Island by Saiga Yuji
Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima Island (Battleship Island), is an abandoned coal mining island approximately 15 kilometers from Nagasaki. The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility which was closed when Japan switched to cleaner forms of energy. The now illegal to enter island is an artifact of rapid Japanese industrialization.
Saiga Yuji has a series of photos of Hashima Island from the period during occupation and in its' now decreped state which are amazing. It is not clear if Yuji took the photos or collected and edited the photos. Either way, a monograph is available Gunkanjima: Awakening of a Dead Island for 3,150 yuan though the author's website.
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