Gunkanjima is the nickname for a ghost island off the coast of Japan in Nagasaki Prefecture. The island was nicknamed Gunkanjima because the its silhouette looks like a giant battleship. (Gunkanjima means "Warship Island" in Japanese). The small island was once the most densely populated areas in the world and Mitsubishi ran it as a coal mining town. In the early 1970's, when Japan switched away from coal to natural gas, the coal mines were shut down and the island has been abandoned ever since
In the Ghosts of Gunkanjima photo essay.
2 responses
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Tom Turley said (31 Aug 2007):
truly fantastic image!
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Ben Thomas gave props (1 Jan 2009):
very cool pic
