Explore the abandoned Hashima Island, Japan—also known as Battleship Island—through stunning drone footage. Once a thriving coal mining hub, this eerie ghost town now stands frozen in time ...

Hashima Island is a chilling, deserted island just nine miles off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan. The island has been abandoned for over half a century and is now entirely reclaimed by nature.

making it the most densely populated island in Japan. Within its 1.2-kilometer (three-quarters of a mile) perimeter were most of the structures a community would require for daily life ...

Today, we run a small guesthouse and honeybee farm on Japan's Ōmishima Island and own two formerly abandoned homes that we restored back to life. The move is the best decision we ever made.