LIFE IN THE ISLAND IN 1965 So-called Gunkann-jima is now more famous than the real name, Hashima. It is one hour away from Nagasaki by boat. We can get coal in high quality from this artificial island. The population of this island is 2,700. Almost all of them are the miners and his family. There are nothing but coal mines for digging out and the residences for the miners. The priest came here to pray for safety all the way from Nagasaki. This is the boy who always pray for safety of his father and brothers. The ferryboat is operated 9 times a day. The sailing of the ferry is sometimes canceled because of the weather. The people who landed use this underpass and go outside. The passages and stairs are so winding that they are just like puzzles and riddles. The house was built high with 10 stories. Their life is rich enough to buy a telescope and enjoy the scenery and buy his daughter an organ and let her practice it. And his wife uses a vacuum cleaner, a frig, a rice cooker, a toaster oven and such as modern household utensils. The men enjoy fishing and catching big fish. The boys dreaming of their future keep pigeons and fly them into the sky. Only this school has a large ground whose soil was carried from mainland. The students practice riding a bike to find jobs on the mainland. This nursery school is located on the 10th floor. It is the most important for the children to be cultivated aesthetic sensibility. People now hope not to make this island only with iron and concrete but to grow plants and warm relationship on this island.
昔は夜になるとたくさんの明かりが点いて、その一つ一つに団らんがあったんでしょうね
LIFE IN THE ISLAND IN 1965
So-called Gunkann-jima is now more famous than the real name, Hashima. It is one hour away from Nagasaki by boat. We can get coal in high quality from this artificial island.
The population of this island is 2,700. Almost all of them are the miners and his family. There are nothing but coal mines for digging out and the residences for the miners. The priest came here to pray for safety all the way from Nagasaki. This is the boy who always pray for safety of his father and brothers.
The ferryboat is operated 9 times a day. The sailing of the ferry is sometimes canceled because of the weather. The people who landed use this underpass and go outside. The passages and stairs are so winding that they are just like puzzles and riddles.
The house was built high with 10 stories. Their life is rich enough to buy a telescope and enjoy the scenery and buy his daughter an organ and let her practice it. And his wife uses a vacuum cleaner, a frig, a rice cooker, a toaster oven and such as modern household utensils. The men enjoy fishing and catching big fish. The boys dreaming of their future keep pigeons and fly them into the sky.
Only this school has a large ground whose soil was carried from mainland. The students practice riding a bike to find jobs on the mainland. This nursery school is located on the 10th floor. It is the most important for the children to be cultivated aesthetic sensibility. People now hope not to make this island only with iron and concrete but to grow plants and warm relationship on this island.