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Written and hosted by Dylan Thuras (@dylanthuras)
Graphics by Michelle Enemark (@mjenemark)
Edited by Ryan Thompson

Credits for this episode:

Thumbnail photo and many others used with permission by Jordy Meow – http://www.meow.fr/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battle-Ship_Island_Nagasaki_Japan.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gunkanjima_Island_from_the_Sea.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:From_The_School_on_Gunkanjima.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hashima_Gunkan_jima_Nagasaki.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hashima_apartment_building_circa_1930.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gunkanjima_Island.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hashima_Island_06.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hashima_Island_12.jpg
Nagasaki-736.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Block_65_on_Hashima_Island.jpg

Gunkanjima: Ruins of a Forbidden Island


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http://www.marchandmeffre.com/gunkanjima/3
http://www.nippon.com/en/images/k00008/
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/7/hashima.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22hjrQCkKZ8
http://mattariblog.net/category5/entry77.html
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/satokyu2006/GALLERY/show_image.html?id=62786272&no=0
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http://hayabusa-3.dreamlog.jp/tag/%E7%AB%AF%E5%B3%B6

23 Comments

  1. Amazing video once more. It's unfortunate to know that Japan has previously applied to UNESCO without mentioning forced labour. Takashima Island is not so far off. Many Koreans that have died in Hashima were buried there. However, many do not know of this tragedy because documents containing the reasons of their deaths were burned.

  2. Great video! I thought I should point out that the image you used around 1:40 is definitely Kowloon walled city though, not Hashima.

  3. It's a wonder no one's gone back to redevelop it. It might help ease the huge population on he mainland.

  4. Normally I don’t like ruins, but somethings about those were peaceful/appealing

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