In recent years the site has served as a backdrop for documentaries, films, and even pop culture phenomena like the James ...

Explore the abandoned Hashima Island, Japan—also known as Battleship Island—through stunning drone footage. Once a thriving coal mining hub, this eerie ghost town now stands frozen in time ...

On the southwest side of the island was the No. 30 building, Japan’s first reinforced ... and a senior high school in Nagasaki. He lived by himself outside Hashima during those student days.

The Korean Peninsula was under Japan’s colonial rule ... Nagasaki shipyard & machinery works in Nagasaki after working on Hashima, known as Battleship Island. He was exposed to the blast of ...

Hashima boasted many firsts, including Japan’s first seven-story ... view the ruined town from above. Visitors to Nagasaki unable to go to the island can get a taste of it with a visit to ...