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  2. Hashima Island - Wikipedia

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    Hashima Island (端島, or simply Hashima, as -shima is a Japanese suffix for 'island'), commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島, meaning 'Battleship Island'), is a tiny abandoned island off Nagasaki, lying about 15 kilometres (8 nautical miles) from the centre of the city.

  3. Mitsukejima - Wikipedia

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    Because of its shape, it is also known as Gunkanjima (軍艦島, "Battleship Island"), which is also the common name given to Hashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture. According to folklore , the island was given the name "Mitsukejima" by the Buddhist monk, scholar and artist Kūkai , who was the first to discover the island while travelling from ...

  4. Skyfall - Wikipedia

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    The lair of villain Silva was inspired by Hashima, an abandoned island off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan. [98] [99] In the film, the fictionalised island is located near Macau. Mendes explained that the sequence was created with a combination of large sets of the city streets and computer-generated establishing shots. [100]

  5. The Battleship Island - Wikipedia

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    The Battleship Island (Korean: 군함도; Hanja: 軍艦島; RR: Gunhamdo) is a 2017 South Korean period action drama film starring Hwang Jung-min, So Ji-sub, Song Joong-ki and Lee Jung-hyun. It is a Japanese occupation-era film about an attempted prison break from a forced labor camp on Hashima Island. [3] [4]

  6. Life After People - Wikipedia

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    A&E Home Video has released these DVDs: That of the original documentary: Title: Life After People (History Channel). UPC: 733961110906. DVD Release Date: March 18, 2008. Run Time: 94 minutes. That of the first season of the series: Title: Life After People: The Complete Season One. UPC: 733961155303. DVD Release Date: October 27, 2009.

  7. Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel ...

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    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (明治日本の産業革命遺産 製鉄・鉄鋼、造船、石炭産業, Meiji nihon no sangyōkakumei isan: seitetsu, tekkō, zōsen, sekitan sangyō) are a group of historic sites that played an important part in the industrialization of Japan in the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods (1850s–1910), and ...

  8. List of National Geographic original features - Wikipedia

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    Documentary 25 December 2019 National Geographic Channel The Archaeological Mysteries Of The Equinox 1 December 2019 Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead 24 November 2019 Mission to the Sun 19 November 2019 Sharks of Lost Island 19 November 2019 Ultimate Viking Sword 3 November 2019 Women of Impact: Changing the World 26 October 2019 Expedition Amelia

  9. Hashima - Wikipedia

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    The Hashima meteorite of circa 1910, which landed in Hashima City (see meteorite falls) Hashima District, Gifu (羽島郡), a nearby district in Gifu Prefecture, Japan; Hashima Island (端島) (nicknamed Gunkanjima, which translates to "Battleship Island"), an uninhabited island in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, formerly home to a coal mining facility