Island for sale

If you read the story about the island being auctioned off this week by the Japanese government and wondered what the island actually looked like, here’s a FTV news feature with plenty of footage:

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6 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - December 17, 2009 at 8:58 am

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Stephen

The Pirate Bay.
http://www.dreaming-artemis.com dreaming Artemis

judging from the size and how much land mass it has, I would say that it’ll be literally under water within a decade or so given the current rate of global warming melting the polar caps.

helical

Good lord, what are you high on!?
I’m no geologist or cartographer but the island seems to rise just a little more than a few centimeters above sea level.

Richard

The island looks a bit like a bra, don’t you think?
Nero

….Japanese government is looking to sell land that belongs to the state but is identified as being of no use to the government… So its worthless. I bid one dollar.
リー　ヤビン

Wa, usually unthinkable matter in Japan.
My son shows no interest about that, the island looks like a pair of spectacle. And myself, think about a famous writer’s famous household well known figure, Daniel Defoe. Who would be brave enough to take this deal, …clean water system,
でも、日本の島はきれいですよ、澄んだ空気に包まれ、きらきらと輝いている緑が、砂が。

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