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Gunkanjima

from Kayakoy by Bully Blinders

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Gunkanjima is an island in Nagasaki prefecture. The whole island was purchased by Mitsubishi in 1890 because coal was found under the sea in that area. Gunkanjima could be translated as “battleship island”; because the islands shape reminds you of a battleship.

At the beginning the island was inhabited by a few thousands of workers, but its population kept growing until it became the most densely populated place in the world. In 1959 it reached 85,500 inhabitants per km² in the whole island, and 135,000 inhabitants per km² in the most densely populated area of the island; which is one of the highest population densities ever recorded in the history of humanity. Apartments, cinemas, arcades, casinos, swimming pools, supermarkets… were built to serve the population of Gunkanjima.

In 1974 the coal was exhausted and Mitsubishi officially announced the closing of the mine. Nowadays it is a ghost island, and nobody has lived there since 1975.

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from Kayakoy, released December 21, 2012

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