Why All People Left Hashima Island in Japan
A concrete island with tumble-down houses and not a single tree or plant around. The gloomiest place on Earth you’ve ever seen, for sure. Can it be real? In fact, it is. Welcome to Hashima!
This island 9 miles from Nagasaki is one of many hundreds of uninhabited islands in the prefecture. Unlike others, which are green and covered with forests, Hashima looks like bare rocks with no plants on them. If you look closer you’ll see that the rocks are actually empty high-risers standing on manmade coastal banks.
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- For many centuries, people living on Takashima – a big island not far from Hashima, gathered coal, which lay close to the surface.
- In 18-19th centuries Takashima island was part of feudal lands belonging to the Fukahori family. They saw the profit that coal mining started to bring and took control of all the bargains in their own hands.
- Takashima coal had a high quality and soon filled the treasury of Nagasaki with foreign currency.
- At the end of the 19th century they sold the island to Mitsubishi, which was a shipping enterprise then. The new owner built dwelling houses for workers.
- Hashima produced about 150.000 tons of coal each year, and its population in 1916 was 3000 people.
- In 1959 the population of Hashima was over 5,200. The total square of the island is 6.3 ha, and 60% of it are rocky slopes where most of the dwelling houses are built.
- Between residential houses, there were squeezed a primary school, a secondary school, a playground, a gym, a cinema, bars, restaurants, 25 different stores, and a Buddhist church.
- Hashima citizens had no umbrellas, as the mazes of corridors and stairs connected all the dwelling houses and served as a transport system.
- Housing, electricity and water were free for workers, but all the residents had to take part in public works and clean-up of the territory.
- The most remarkable trait of this place was a total absence of the ground and plants. Hashima was nothing more but coal ash, laid around a bare rock.
- At the end of the 1960-s Japanese economy skyrocketed, and coal was admitted an ecologically dirty fuel.
- The government started shutting down coalmines around the country, and Hashima wasn’t an exclusion.
- Mitsubishi reduced staff on Hashima, retrained workers and sent them to other subsidiaries.
- By 1974 there were about 2000 people left on the island, and on January 15, 1974 the company officially announced the closure of the mine.
- Hashima now is an abandoned and forgotten island, which looks as a strange lighthouse guarding the entrance to Nagasaki bay.
- In September 2008 Hashima (Gunkanjima) island was included in the list to get the status of UNESCO world heritage as a monument to a whole period of Japanese history.
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The dark history of conscription and forced labor behind Japan's Hashima Island,
하시마섬 유네스코 세계유산 등재 2년... 그 후?
Hashima island.
One of dozens of controversial sites Japan has pushed to gain UNESCO World Heritage recognition.
A proud symbol of Japan's rapid industrialization.
Contrary to the image Tokyo is promoting it's where hundreds of Koreans were taken and forced into labor in deadly undersea coal mines.
Oh Jung-hee met with the few survivors to hear their stories.
A 15-second-long video has been lighting up New York's Times Square since Monday.
It aims to shed light on a less well-known aspect of Hashima Island -- one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage sites.
It's a fact that the island is listed as a world heritage site. So our ad starts with this fact, and then delves deeper into forced conscription and the 120 victims. It ends by saying that Hashima's true name is 'island of hell.'
Roughly 15 kilometers away from the city of Nagasaki in southwestern Japan... lies the uninhabited island of Hashima.
Surrounded by a sea wall, and full of abandoned concrete buildings,... the island resembles a battleship, which is why it's commonly called Gunkanjima or Battleship Island.
The island is recognized as a symbol of Japan's rapid industrialization,... but has a dark history of conscription and forced labor.
From 1940 to 1945, five hundred to eight hundred Koreans were forcibly taken to Hashima Island.
Kim Hyung-seob is one of them.
The exact date that he was taken to Japan -- November 17th, 1943 -- is one he can never forget.
I don't even want to talk about it. I can't explain how much we suffered. Eating was the biggest problem. They gave us dried sweet potato, beans and bean dregs. That's what they called 'food' for us.
Korean laborers were neither well-fed nor well-paid..
And they had to spend more than 12 hours a day in the coal mine,... which is 1-thousand meters under the sea.
Lee In-un is another survivor.
He says... some laborers desperately tried to escape from 'hell'... but failed.
The land was visible from the island. It was right across the sea. Some tried to escape by swimming and holding onto wooden panels. But they died.
The dreary atmosphere of Hashima island can be seen through these photos here. And what's clearly noticeable is the difference in living environments between Japanese citizens and Korean laborers. The Japanese citizens living in modern, newly built apartments. In contrast, five hundred to eight hundred Korean laborers were crammed into these small buildings.
Hashima Island was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015,... as one of the places symbolizing Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution.
When Japan got the endorsement of the UNESCO advisory committee ICOMOS, Korea strongly protested against it,... claiming that having these places as world heritage sites hurts the victims' and UNESCO's dignity.
At the 2015 UNESCO official meeting, Japan, for the first time on the international stage,... acknowledged there was forced labor.
There were a large number of Koreans and others who were brought against their will and forced to work under harsh conditions in the 1940s at some of the sites.
But that was immediately reversed by the Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida.
The expression 'forced to work' does not mean 'forced labor.'
ICOMOS recommended that Japan take measures to help visitors understand the 'full history' of the sites... and Japan promised to establish information and commemoration centers.
While an implementation report on that is due December 1st this year,... not much action has been taken within Japan.
According to what we're hearing from civil groups in Japan,... signboards installed at the facilities don't explain at all about conscription and forced labor. Rather, the authorities are interviewing the Japanese people who lived on the island back then... who say Hashima was not an 'island of hell' like what Koreans say.
The Korean government is to raise the issue at the annual UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting... currently taking place in Poland.
The government expressed regret that no tangible measures have been taken in Japan over the last two years... and highlighted Japan's promise is not only an agreement with Korea, but with the whole world.
Having an agreed view on history and remembering it is crucial in heading toward the future.
For Korea, the first step would be recognizing Hashima Island and others as legacies of Japan's industrialization... and for Japan, to face the fact that colonization contributed to its industrialization.
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A Continuing Journey's Nicole travels to the famous Battleship Island in Nagasaki, Japan.
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This video gives you a sneak peak into the island of Gunkanjima in Nagasaki, Japan (also known as Hashima Island). Until 1974 the island serves as a coal mine, and was home to 5000 residents on its tiny, 480m by 150m land mass!
The dark history of conscription and forced labor behind Japan's Hashima Island
하시마섬 유네스코 세계유산 등재 2년... 그 후?
Hashima island.
One of dozens of controversial sites Japan pushed to gain UNESCO World Heritage recognition.
A proud symbol of the nation's rapid industrialization.
Contrary to the image Tokyo is promoting it's where hundreds of Koreans were taken and forced into labor in deadly undersea coal mines.
Oh Jung-hee met with the few survivors to bring to light the true face of that inescapable hell on earth.
A 15-second-long video has been lighting up New York's Times Square since Monday.
It aims to shed light on a less well-known aspect of Hashima Island -- one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage sites.
It's a fact that the island is listed as a world heritage site. So our ad starts with this fact, and then delves deeper into forced conscription and the 120 victims. It ends by saying that Hashima's true name is 'island of hell.'
Roughly 15 kilometers away from the city of Nagasaki in southwestern Japan... lies the uninhabited island of Hashima.
Surrounded by a sea wall, and full of abandoned concrete buildings,... the island resembles a battleship, which is why it's commonly called Gunkanjima or Battleship Island.
The island is recognized as a symbol of Japan's rapid industrialization,... but has a dark history of conscription and forced labor.
From 1940 to 1945, five hundred to eight hundred Koreans were forcibly taken to Hashima Island.
Kim Hyung-seob is one of them.
The exact date that he was taken to Japan -- November 17th, 1943 -- is one he can never forget.
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At its 39th meeting held in Germany on July 5， the World Heritage Committee decided to accept Japan′s application for inscribing 23 early industrial facilities as world heritage. But seven of these facilities used to be the sites of forced labor for Koreans. One of them was called by Koreans ″the island of hell.″ It is none other than Hashima Island， where coal mines were based. At the time it was a thriving area with sophisticated apartment buildings and entertainment facilities， but in the mines located one thousand meters underground， Koreans were forced to work ten hours a day to extract coal. The average temperature in the mines surpassed 45 degrees Celsius. Many of the Korean workers died or were injured when methane gas exploded or when the mines collapsed. Regardless of what people say， this tragic history of forced labor against Koreans will never be erased. However， few Japanese know about this. The Japanese public thinks of this place only as a prime tourist destination， because the Japanese government never officially announced the fact that this place used to be a site of forced labor. We take a look at the truth behind Hashima Island.
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7월5일 독일 본 월드컨퍼런스에서 열린 제 39차 세계유산위원회는 일본이 신청한 23개 근대산업시설에 대해 세계유산으로서의 등재를 최종 결정했다. 그러나 이 시설 중 7곳이 과거 조선인이 강제징용 되어 일을 했던 곳이다. 그 중 조선인들 사이에서 지옥섬이라고 불린 곳이 있다. 바로 하시마섬의 군함도. 당시에는 최신식아파트와 오락시설로 화려하게 빛나던 곳이었지만 그 1000m 지하에서는 조선인들이 10시간씩 삼교대로 일을 하며 석탄을 채굴했다. 해저 1000m에 이르는 갱도는 평균 45도 이상의 고온이 펄펄 끓고 메탄가스가 폭발하거나천장 붕괴로 죽거나 다치는 일이 허다한 곳 이었다. 누가 뭐라 해도 절대 지워지지 않는 뼈아픈 한국 선조들의 강제징용 현장인 것이다. 그러나 현재 일본인들은 이런 사실을 모른 채 단지 이곳을 관광지로 인식하고 찾고 있다. 왜냐하면 강제징용 사실을 공공연하게 공표하고 있지 않기 때문이다. 하시마 섬의 진실 포앵글스에서 취재했다.
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Hashima Island in Nagasaki, Japan
Also known as Gunkanjima island.
Used during WWII for mining, the entire island looks like a battle ship hence the name Gunkanjima
The dark history of conscription and forced labor behind Japan's Hashima Island,
하시마섬 유네스코 세계유산 등재 2년... 그 후?
Hashima island.
One of dozens of controversial sites Japan has pushed to gain UNESCO World Heritage recognition.
A proud symbol of Japan's rapid industrialization.
Contrary to the image Tokyo is promoting it's where hundreds of Koreans were taken and forced into labor in deadly undersea coal mines.
Oh Jung-hee met with the few survivors to hear their stories marking two years since the island was registered as a UNESCO heritage.
A 15-second-long video has been lighting up New York's Times Square since Monday.
It aims to shed light on a less well-known aspect of Hashima Island -- one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage sites.
It's a fact that the island is listed as a world heritage site. So our ad starts with this fact, and then delves deeper into forced conscription and the 120 victims. It ends by saying that Hashima's true name is 'island of hell.'
Roughly 15 kilometers away from the city of Nagasaki in southwestern Japan... lies the uninhabited island of Hashima.
Surrounded by a sea wall, and full of abandoned concrete buildings,... the island resembles a battleship, which is why it's commonly called Gunkanjima or Battleship Island.
The island is recognized as a symbol of Japan's rapid industrialization,... but has a dark history of conscription and forced labor.
From 1940 to 1945, five hundred to eight hundred Koreans were forcibly taken to Hashima Island.
Kim Hyung-seob is one of them.
The exact date that he was taken to Japan -- November 17th, 1943 -- is one he can never forget.
I don't even want to talk about it. I can't explain how much we suffered. Eating was the biggest problem. They gave us dried sweet potato, beans and bean dregs. That's what they called 'food' for us.
Korean laborers were neither well-fed nor well-paid..
And they had to spend more than 12 hours a day in the coal mine,... which is 1-thousand meters under the sea.
Lee In-un is another survivor.
He says... some laborers desperately tried to escape from 'hell'... but failed.
The land was visible from the island. It was right across the sea. Some tried to escape by swimming and holding onto wooden panels. But they died.
The dreary atmosphere of Hashima island can be seen through these photos here. And what's clearly noticeable is the difference in living environments between Japanese citizens and Korean laborers. The Japanese citizens living in modern, newly built apartments. In contrast, five hundred to eight hundred Korean laborers were crammed into these small buildings.
Hashima Island was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015,... as one of the places symbolizing Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution.
When Japan got the endorsement of the UNESCO advisory committee ICOMOS, Korea strongly protested against it,... claiming that having these places as world heritage sites hurts the victims' and UNESCO's dignity.
At the 2015 UNESCO official meeting, Japan, for the first time on the international stage,... acknowledged there was forced labor.
There were a large number of Koreans and others who were brought against their will and forced to work under harsh conditions in the 1940s at some of the sites.
But that was immediately reversed by the Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida.
The expression 'forced to work' does not mean 'forced labor.'
ICOMOS recommended that Japan take measures to help visitors understand the 'full history' of the sites... and Japan promised to establish information and commemoration centers.
While an implementation report on that is due December 1st this year,... not much action has been taken within Japan.
According to what we're hearing from civil groups in Japan,... signboards installed at the facilities don't explain at all about conscription and forced labor. Rather, the authorities are interviewing the Japanese people who lived on the island back then... who say Hashima was not an 'island of hell' like what Koreans say.
The Korean government is to raise the issue at the annual UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting... currently taking place in Poland.
The government expressed regret that no tangible measures have been taken in Japan over the last two years... and highlighted Japan's promise is not only an agreement with Korea, but with the whole world.
Having an agreed view on history and remembering it is crucial in heading toward the future.
For Korea, the first step would be recognizing Hashima Island and others as legacies of Japan's industrialization... and for Japan, to face the fact that colonization contributed to its industrialization.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.
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1950 hashima island tour
hashima island are also known as battleship island due to it's northern shape like a battleship.during the pacific war this island are used to mine coal and the miner are korean prisoners and at 1950 the island are mined by japan and the miner can bring their family because the island higly facilitatated like a city.in the video we can see the japanese worker mining the coal and the children were studying in the school
4K : Hashima Island (Battleship Island) Tour in Nagasaki
Hashima Island is an island where people used to place of coal mining. This island is famous as the symbol of the industrial revolution and modernizes in Japan. There are remaining lots of buildings and that makes this island's looks very similar to Battleship. It is why people called Battleship island (Gunkan Jima)
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Hashima Island (Battleship Island) | Japan Vlogs, Day 22
Vlog - Day 22 in Japan: We visited Hashima Island off the coast of Nagasaki. It's just an amazing place! No wonder they call it Battleship Island.
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