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 YouOnlyLiveOnce
   
Location: san francisco, ca
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 |  |  | Gunkanjima, Japan - "Battleship Island"
< on 3/3/2008 5:59 PM >
|  | | | i think this place is pretty astonishing...
"Off the westernmost coast of Japan, is an island called "Gunkanjima" that is hardly known even to the Japanese. Long ago, the island was nothing more than a small reef. Then in 1810, the chance discovery of coal drastically changed the fate of this reef. As reclamation began, people came to live here, and through coal mining the reef started to expand continuously. Before long, the reef had grown into an artificial island of one kilometer (three quarters of a mile) in perimeter, with a population of 5300. Looming above the ocean, it appeared a concrete labyrinth of many-storied apartment houses and mining structures built closely together. Seen from the ocean, the silhouette of the island closely resembled a battleship - so, the island came to be called Gunkanjima, or Battleship island.
Eventually, the mines faced an end, and in 1974 the world's once most densely populated island become totally deserted. The island, after all its inhabitants departed leaving behind their belongings, became an empty shell of a city where all its people disappeared overnight, as if by some mysterious act of God."
http://www.ne.jp/a...gunsu-html/01.html
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micro
  
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
| | Re: Gunkanjima, Japan - "Battleship Island"
<Reply # 1 on 3/3/2008 6:01 PM >
| | | | Never heard of it.
(Edit: I've never seen that particular set of photos, but Gunkanjima is a place that's been covered hundreds of times here already)
[last edit 3/3/2008 6:06 PM by micro - edited 1 times]
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insainly sound
Location: Bay Area, CA
Gender: Female
How'd we get here, and how are we getting out of here?!
| | | Re: Gunkanjima, Japan - "Battleship Island"
<Reply # 2 on 3/3/2008 6:07 PM >
| | | | Wow that's freaking cool!!!!
Check out my photo blog! |
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YouOnlyLiveOnce
Location: san francisco, ca
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Gunkanjima, Japan - "Battleship Island"
<Reply # 3 on 3/3/2008 6:25 PM >
| | | | Posted by micro
Never heard of it.
Gunkanjima is a place that's been covered hundreds of times here already.
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oops, i wasn't aware...
[last edit 3/3/2008 6:26 PM by YouOnlyLiveOnce - edited 1 times]
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SaraBellum
 
Berkshire Hunt
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Coming to a cinema near you this summer.
| |  | Re: Gunkanjima, Japan - "Battleship Island"
<Reply # 4 on 3/3/2008 6:45 PM >
| | | | Posted by YouOnlyLiveOnce
oops, i wasn't aware...
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Had you used the Search button prior to making your post, you would have been.
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eidolon
Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
| | Re: Gunkanjima, Japan - "Battleship Island"
<Reply # 5 on 3/3/2008 6:57 PM >
| | | | Hey guys, I found this site with a whole bunch of pictures of cats with funny captions added on!
I don't mind Gukanjima getting reposted all the time because it's one of my absolute favorite sites I've yet to visit, and I enjoy looking at the pictures again  Thank you for reminding me of another reason to pick up Japanese language classes again.
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Tupsumato
Location: Finland
Gender: Male
How close can you go?
| | Re: Gunkanjima, Japan - "Battleship Island"
<Reply # 6 on 3/3/2008 7:25 PM >
| | | | Posted by micro
(Edit: I've never seen that particular set of photos, but Gunkanjima is a place that's been covered hundreds of times here already) |
That particular set has been in the public LDB entry since May 2004.
[last edit 3/3/2008 7:25 PM by Tupsumato - edited 1 times]
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MutantMandias
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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Are you a reporter? Contact me for a UE interview! Also not averse to the the idea of group/anal.
| | | Re: Gunkanjima, Japan - "Battleship Island"
<Reply # 7 on 3/3/2008 7:26 PM >
| | | | BAM!
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