The island of Hashima fascinates by its important mining city deserted as quickly as it was built, giving it a ghostly aspect at the same time confusing and fascinating.
The island of Hashima fascinates by its important mining city deserted as quickly as it was built, giving it a ghostly aspect at the same time confusing and fascinating.
After the discovery of a coal deposit in 1887, Hashima Island quickly became one of the most densely populated areas in the world with the creation of many dwellings in order to exploit the precious mine. With an area of 6.3 hectares, it had 5,300 residents in 1950, or 83,500 inhabitants/km2.
After more than 80 years of exploitation, the decrease of the mining activity led the inhabitants to leave the place little by little, abandoning buildings and businesses to the bad weather.
Uninhabited since 1974, the island was considered too dangerous and forbidden to be accessed in 2009. But the municipality of Nagasaki has nevertheless invested nearly 100 million yen to develop it and make it accessible to tourists again. In 2011, 235,000 people visited the place.
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Contains:
– Dr No (1962)
– From Russia with Love (1963)
– Goldfinger (1964)
– Thunderball (1965)
– You Only Live Twice (1967)
– On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
– Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
– Live and Let Die (1973)
– The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
– The Spy Who Loved Me (1976)
– Moonraker (1979)
– For Your Eyes Only (1981)
– Octopussy (1983)
– A View to a Kill (1985)
– The Living Daylights (1987)
– Licence to Kill (1989)
– GoldenEye (1995)
– Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
– The World Is Not Enough (1999)
– Die Another Day (2002)
– Casino Royale (2006)
– Quantum of Solace (2008)
– Skyfall (2012)
– Spectre (2015)
