Gunkanjima (Battleship Island)

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By kaiken @ 2006-08-03 15:42:09
A coal mining island which was abandoned in 1974.
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@ 2009-03-25 09:21:24
These pictures look like something from the movie 'Brazil':
http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/08/hashima-island-or-gunkanjima-nagasaki.html
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@ 2010-02-05 12:58:01
I was just looking at pics of this place and it's weird and way intriguing . It would be an interesting place to visit.

There are plenty of pictures pages, here's one more:

http://www.viceland.com/wp/2009/04/battleship-island-japans-rotting-metropolis/
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@ 2012-04-06 06:54:35
The Most Desolate City on Earth: Gunkanjima, aka 'Battleship Island'
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/04/welcome-most-desolate-place-earth-gunkanjima-aka-battleship-island/1696/