the battleship island
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Nagasaki, 2024.09.28
Today I visited the ruling queen of 'haikyo' in Japan: abandoned sites. It's the island now known as 'the battleship island' due to its appearance, but it was formerly the mining town of Hashima. It was, for some decades, the home of 5,000 people as the coal mine below the island expanded. And by "expanded", I mean the mining tunnels connected with those of other nearby sites and also to a depth of 1,100 meters.
Gunkanjima