'Battleship Island' corresponds to Google Street View, so that the entire ruin including the restricted area can be seen

The end island off the coast of Nagasaki City isBattleship TosaBecause it looks like "warship island" is also called. There used to be coal mines once in the island, with more than 5000 people living in the heyday, but now it has become an uninhabited island by closed mountains, the ruins of which have become very popular among the good houses. Normally you can only land on a part of the island, but with the help of Nagasaki City, Google took pictures of the whole island including the no-entry area and released it on the street view.

Google Japan Blog: Let's walk "Warship Island" in street view
http://googlejapan.blogspot.jp/2013/06/blog-post_28.html


This is Edojima. It is 19km from Nagasaki Port.

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The route to the jetty is also to be seen in the street view, but from this route you can not land in the street view mode.

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Again, I went up to the pier.

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Usually you can go only on the designated tourist route ... ...

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This time, Google has taken the inside of the no-entry area by getting the cooperation of Nagasaki-shi.

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The area covered in Street View is like this.


It's been a long time since closing, it was exposed to the weather and wind, and there were also damages of the typhoon, so the passage was obstructed.

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At a specific point there is a hierarchical display that is also used in street view in downtown area.

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For example, the building second floor looks like this

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As it rises to the 9th floor, it is on the rooftop, but it is a terrain with considerable height difference, so here it is the height of the first floor from the building of the back.

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There are places where the fragrance of life at that time remains slightly, but most of it has collapsed.

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In the promotion video, you can see the aerial photographs of the island and the street view shooting process.

Stars view of Battleship Island - YouTube


Above the end island


Shooting was done using backpack-type shooting equipment.







It is also possible for concrete pieces like powder to fall flat and ... ...


The warship island can be observed by tour company / shipping company tour, but the area that can be seen is limited as mentioned above, and in the case of bad weather you can not land in the first place, It will be quite amazing to be seen in Street View, including up to.