Hashima or Gunkanjima Island, Japan and Google Street View
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1bookblotter
Google Maps sent their street view folks to the abandoned Japanese island of Hashima; here is the story...
An article with many photos at Weather dot Com on The Ruins of Detroit led to another article with many photos of abandoned - in 1974 - Hashima a/k/a Gunkanjima Island.
Google has now sent their Google Map's street view folks to Hashima to work their magic. The street - and boat - view results of this post apocalyptic island are very interesting. Note the links to other photos-videos in the comments such as the striking photos by Chris Luckhardt on Flicker
To view the Google Map and the street views, search "Hashima Island, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan." It amazes me where Google Map's street views have done their wizardry. While there are wide areas of the world still uncovered, especially in Asia and Africa they have covered a lot, including quite obscure locations. As those playing geoguessr elsewhere on Maps and Atlases know, they have covered every sand pile in Australia.
An article with many photos at Weather dot Com on The Ruins of Detroit led to another article with many photos of abandoned - in 1974 - Hashima a/k/a Gunkanjima Island.
Google has now sent their Google Map's street view folks to Hashima to work their magic. The street - and boat - view results of this post apocalyptic island are very interesting. Note the links to other photos-videos in the comments such as the striking photos by Chris Luckhardt on Flicker
To view the Google Map and the street views, search "Hashima Island, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan." It amazes me where Google Map's street views have done their wizardry. While there are wide areas of the world still uncovered, especially in Asia and Africa they have covered a lot, including quite obscure locations. As those playing geoguessr elsewhere on Maps and Atlases know, they have covered every sand pile in Australia.
3bookblotter
The island was populated in the late 1800s when coal was discovered there. One source I saw said "coal mining had declined." I'm not sure if that was a productivity (the vein of coal was declining) issue or demand (the use of coal had generally declined) issue. I would think that the productivity issue was paramount exacerbated by declining use.
Wikipedia has a good general summary saying that Japan switching from coal to petroleum products was the cause of the end.
In any event, at lot of real estate investment went down the tubes when everyone walked (well, floated...) away.
Wikipedia has a good general summary saying that Japan switching from coal to petroleum products was the cause of the end.
In any event, at lot of real estate investment went down the tubes when everyone walked (well, floated...) away.
