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Forbes: Is Japan's 'Ghost Island' (Gunkanjima) As Mysterious As It Looks? We Found Out

There’s a reason Gunkanjima is nicknamed Battleship Island. As you approach by tour boat, as we did a few weeks ago, the mysterious place, about nine miles off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan, resembles ...

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Is Japan's 'Ghost Island' (Gunkanjima) As Mysterious As It Looks? We Found Out

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In recent years, Nagasaki Prefecture’s Hashima Island, better known as Gunkanjima, or “Battleship Island,” has become one of the most internationally famous sites in Japan. A coal mining center for ...

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Nippon: Must-See “Haikyo”: A Cruise to the World Heritage Island of Gunkanjima

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As if from a dream, the island floated over the sea like a terra-cotta dreadnought from a century ago. I'd arrived at Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island, and its profile was unmistakable from the deck ...

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