Hashima Island
Sign in to saveabandoned island lying about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan. Abandoned concrete buildings and the surrounding sea wall.
Key facts
- Location
- Northeast Asia
- Area
- 0.063 km (0.024 sq mi)
- Area rank
- none
- Prefecture
- Nagasaki
- City
- Nagasaki
- Population
- 0 (2020)
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Various views from the ocean and from on the island, 2016
Hashima Island (端島; or simply Hashima, as -shima is a Japanese suffix for 'island'), commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島; meaning 'Battleship Island'), is an abandoned island about 15 kilometres (8 nautical miles) from the centre of Nagasaki, Japan. It is one of 505 uninhabited islands in Nagasaki Prefecture. The island's most notable features are its abandoned concrete buildings, undisturbed except by nature, and the surrounding seawall. While the island is a symbol of the rapid industrialisation of Japan, it is also a reminder of Japanese war crimes as a site of forced labour prior to and during World War II.
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China–Japan–South Korea relationsCoal mines in JapanContemporary archaeologyForced labour during World War IIForced labour in JapanGeography of NagasakiGhost towns in JapanHistorical negationism in JapanIslands of Nagasaki PrefectureJapanese war crimes in KoreaJapan–South Korea relationsMilitary history of Nagasaki Prefecture