Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) opens to tourists
Nagasaki’s famous Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) opened to tourists this week. Here is a clip from FTV’s Mezamashi TV morning show featuring a tour of the island:
The 6.3-hectare, 480-meter-long island at its peak had some 5,200 workers and their families living in a tight jumble of apartment blocks, which include the country’s first high-rise made of reinforced concrete.
Tourists are now allowed to visit the island if they join a ship tour that costs ¥4,000 for a round-trip ticket, plus an additional ¥300 landing fee. The stay on the island is limited to one hour, according to the city of Nagasaki.
Unfortunately, tourists will have to stick to a specially-constructed pathway, only able to view many of the abandoned buildings from the outside.
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