On New Year's Day this year, I landed on Hashima Island, which is commonly known as 'Gunkanjima, the Battleship Island', by speed boat that departed from the port of Nagasaki in the afternoon.
Since this island is located in the outer sea, waves are high and rough at times and ships to the island are often canceled. But fortunately on the New Year's Day that we went the ship was able to depart! How lucky we were! However, the ship we took was small - capacity was only 100 passengers. It SWAYED and ROLLED and about ten passengers became seasick. I highly recommend that you take medicine for seasickness before boarding a ship to Gunkanjima Island. The Japanese government recently decided to support the application of this island for World Heritage designation. Since I'm a fan of 'ruins', Gunkanjima truly fascinated me!
Undersea Coal Mine Island, 'Gunkanjima' 1. Gunkanjima Perspective - No. 1 2. Ruins on Gunkanjima - No. 2 3. Gunkanjima: Undersea Entrance - No. 3
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