City of the future?!

Gukanjima is an island near the westernmost shore of Japan.

It is an island built upon a reef in the early 19th century because of a coal mine in the reefs and quickly became a densely populated island 1 km in diameter and 5300 people living packed together, working the mines.

http://tasmania.globat.com/~archibase.net/dl/articles/thrown-city/11.jpg


http://tasmania.globat.com/~archibase.net/dl/articles/thrown-city/9.jpg



The island was complete with everything a city needs and people living on the island were very happy with their lives.


http://tasmania.globat.com/~archibase.net/dl/articles/thrown-city/10.jpg

http://tasmania.globat.com/~archibase.net/dl/articles/thrown-city/8.jpg


In 1974, the mine has been emptied and people living in the island have deserted it, leaving everything behind, turning the island to a post-apocalyptic movie scene.

Today, entrance to the island is prohibited.

http://tasmania.globat.com/~archibase.net/dl/articles/thrown-city/7.jpg

http://tasmania.globat.com/~archibase.net/dl/articles/thrown-city/6.jpg

Rest... (http://archibase.net/archinews/14101.html)

Excellent :)

Sweet pics. They look surreal.

soon to be a prime property ... just a thought.

quite spooky though, would never go there by myself unless if i had to take my ex along with me.

Looks like good terrain for a FPS....

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/images/2/2a/Lostcoast_bay.jpg

Why can't i see any of the pics,i only see white dots where the pics must be????

ur browser is broke, install firefox