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A A AWe bring you 10 modern ghost cities where you can choose your own adventure, exploring what once was and what could have been.
Hashima Island, Japan
After spending a little less than a century as a bustling coal mining facility, Hashima Island became known as "Ghost Island" when demand for petroleum outstripped demand for coal in the 1960's and the 5,000 Mitsubishi-employed islanders began a mass exodus. Now the workers' housing, a massive cramped concrete apartment building built in 1916, sits empty. The last of the coal workers, many of whom were Chinese and Korean laborers forced to work in the undersea mines by the Japanese Government, left in 1974 was the facility was officially closed.
Hashima Island was officially re-opened for tourists in April 2009. Ruins of the once densely populated city include schools and businesses.
Getting there: Only about an hour away from Nagasaki, Hashima is reachable on a small fleet of private boats operating out of Nagasaki harbor.
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its really look amazing, secluded, scary but love to visit ... little bit different....
guys you must some most amazing places in India like... agra for Taj mahal, jaipur for amber fort, tigers at ranthambore N P, Corbett N P, Bandhavgarh N P, temples of South india, for beautiful hills visit Shimla Manali srinagar nainital sikkim Darjeeling.. backwaters of Kerala, Yoga of Rishikesh and Ayurveda of Kerala...
its really look amazing, scary, secluded but love to visit the above locations ... little bit different ......
guys you must some most amazing places in India like... agra for Taj mahal, jaipur for amber fort, tigers at ranthambore N P, Corbett N P, Bandhavgarh N P, temples of South india, for beautiful hills visit Shimla Manali srinagar nainital sikkim Darjeeling.. backwaters of Kerala, Yoga of Rishikesh and Ayurveda of Kerala...
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July 19 2011 at 3:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI would be more apt to watch additional videos if you didn't have a 30 second pre-roll along with an intrusive ad on the bottom of the video during playback that made it impossible to read the locations of these places. Please don't be such an ad-*****.
June 30 2011 at 12:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replythey are beautiful///
June 19 2011 at 4:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyinfact, they are beautiful.
June 19 2011 at 4:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCenteralia Pa was a really intresting place to visit kinda errie also !! Went there 2 weeks ago
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June 18 2011 at 2:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAuthor should have included Johnston Atoll. It served as a testing ground for the first nuclear weapons, and later served as a location for the destruction of countless barrels of warfare chemicals such as Agent Orange. It was finally abandoned in 2004, and is considered a bird sanctuary. Using Google Earth, you can still find this Atoll in the Pacific with it's obvious abandoned airfield. Only 1 building was left standing on Johnston Island, all others were destroyed prior to it being abandoned.
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