Ghost deserted island in Japan



Island "Hashima" abandoned, or ghost island, or as they are called by some the island of the USS Battleship Island, is one among the 505 deserted islands in the Nagasaki District in Japan, but most distinguished and away from the heart of the city, about 15 kilometers into the sea.

The island is known for coal mines and its substantial role during the Renaissance downstream Japan after the war, replete with life between 1887 and 1974 while the facility for coal mines.

Bought by Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan in 1890 in order to extract coal from lurking mines on the sea floor beneath the island and around and has built the tallest building in Japan at the time, which was made up of 9 floors in addition to the apartment complex in 1914 to house the miners and their families, workers who have attained their numbers in 1959 around 5259 people.

Use of cement in most of the island's plants to resist the Tropical Typhoon, which consists in the western Aldzouachammala Pacific comes in the season to destroy all face the hurricane, it characterized the island its buildings cement abandoned and semi-collapsed scattered over an area amounting to 6.3 hectares and walkway sea surrounding them, which is one of the most important visitor attractions factors it currently

Japan moved Petroleum as a substitute for coal in 1960 and adopted him like the rest of the world as an energy source, and began to phase the closure of all coal mines at the state level for not having them and the lack of reliable, he declared Mitsubishi closure of the island officially in 1974, and landed many of the buildings the island and still some stand-up but now in serious condition, it was reopened a small part of the island in April of 2009 and allowed the tourists to visit him after 35 years of closure, so-called Ghost island or some ghost island.

Peninsula focus of international attention and local large not only for their value and historical heritage but also to its effects and the remnants of its buildings and its inhabitants, which combine the dark era for Japan in the era of Emperor Taishō between the east and the times for Japan, which began in the reign of Emperor

Seeks Nagasaki Provincial Administration after the transfer of ownership of the island in 2002 to the opening of the island entirely to tourism, but this will require restoration work and extensive to provide protection for tourists.















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