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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. Life After People - Wikipedia

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    The episode also explores Hashima Island in Japan, which was formerly host to several coal mines, but was left to nature in 1974 as the mines became depleted, having since become a tourist attraction as a result of its well-preserved ruins and as a site of industrial heritage.

  4. Mitsukejima - Wikipedia

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    Mitsukejima. Mitsukejima (見附島) is an uninhabited island in Suzu, Ishikawa, Japan.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.

  5. Skyfall - Wikipedia

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    The Hashima setting was included after Craig met with Swedish film-maker Thomas Nordanstad while shooting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in Stockholm. Nordanstad, who produced a short 2002 documentary on the island entitled Hashima , recalled Craig taking extensive notes during the meeting, but was unaware of his interest in it until Skyfall ...

  6. Director Malaury Eloi-Paisley on Her Debut Documentary ‘L ...

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    In this debut documentary about her home city Point-à-Pitre, Paisley depicts the unvarnished and often harsh realities of isolated living in the French Carribean island. In “L’Homme Vertige ...

  7. Urban exploration - Wikipedia

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    Haikyo are particularly common in Japan because of its rapid industrialization (e.g., Hashima Island), damage during World War II, the 1980s real estate bubble, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. [8] Željava underground military airport

  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