Skyfall abandoned island inspiration, Hashima, Japan on Google Streetview

[Sean88gt]

Damn. I thought I'd clicked on the "Detroit" thread...

That is nicer than Detroit.

[Vertnut]

Damn. I thought I'd clicked on the "Detroit" thread...

I've got enough to fly to china and back free, so...

Braggart.

[Ratt]

I've got a pretty decent trip to Japan mapped out, just waiting on those two cruel mistresses, time and money. Was just looking at my frequent flyer miles, actually. lol

I've got enough to fly to china and back free, so...

Wanna go? We can stop there, you can fly back after, and ill fly on to China and visit my in-laws.

I've got a pretty decent trip to Japan mapped out, just waiting on those two cruel mistresses, time and money. Was just looking at my frequent flyer miles, actually. lol

[Ratt]

Hey you, get your own bucket list.

Wanna go? We can stop there, you can fly back after, and ill fly on to China and visit my in-laws.

Bucket List item added.

Hey you, get your own bucket list.

[46Tbird]

I can only imagine the satisfying lives those workers and their families had while living on that godforsaken shithole.

[Ratt]

Bucket List item added.

[SVT Lurch]

That's really strange that Google set up thh Streetview on an abandoned island (regardless of travel there being allowed).

Now this is some cool stuff.


The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. The island's most notable features are the abandoned and undisturbed concrete apartment buildings and the surrounding sea wall. The island has been administered as part of Nagasaki city since the merger of the former town of Takashima in 2005.

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 extracting coal from undersea mines. They built Japan's first large concrete building (9 stories high),[1] a block of apartments in 1916 to accommodate their burgeoning ranks of workers. Concrete was specifically used to protect against typhoon destruction. In 1959, the 6.3-hectare (16-acre) island's population reached its peak of 5,259, with a population density of 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km2, 216,264 people per square mile) for the whole island, or 1,391 per hectare (139,100 people/km2) for the residential district.

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.[3] Travel to Hashima was re-opened on April 22, 2009 after 35 years of closure.[4]

https://www.google.com/maps?ll=32.628992000000004%2C129.73861300000002&cbp=%2C80.06%2C%2C1%2C-22.949997&layer=c&panoid=W9OeMqdw-o94Il7EoQWSFw&spn=0.18000000000000788%2C0.30000000000000676&output=classic&cbll=32.628992%2C129.738613

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashima_Island