Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 51 minutes ago
Hashima Island is an abandoned island city off the southern coast of Japan. It was home to an undersea coal mining operation from 1887 to 1974. I explored Hashima – also known as Gunkanjima (軍艦島) or Battleship Island – and its off-limits areas in November 2011. At the time, just a handful of western explorers had been able to reach the island. I'm sharing the raw footage as an additional historic record of the island's history.
Featured in the video is our guide Ikumi Nakamura (aka TommyBoy) , who became known to the world for her Ghostwire: Tokyo presentation at the 2019 E3 conference.
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A B O U T
Past the Present Future is a film series by globally recognized photographer Chris Luckhardt. The series views the PAST through a lens in the PRESENT with an eye to FUTURE development.
B I O G R A P H Y
Chris Luckhardt has documented and photographed some of the most iconic and viral images of abandoned places around the world. He was among the first photographers to publish photos in the press from legendary abandoned places like Hashima Island, Nara Dreamland, Michigan Central Station, and Six Flags New Orleans. His body of work has led to interviews and collaborations with The White House, Netflix, Ford, GQ China, ABC News, Good Morning America, Scholastic Canada, Yahoo Japan, and many more. In 2016, the Obama administration invited Chris to photograph a private citizen "haunted" tour of The White House.
#Abandoned #HashimaIsland #Japan #Gunkanjima #BattleshipIsland #PastThePresentFuture #ChrisLuckhardt #AbandonedPlaces #Urbex #Skyfall #廃墟 #軍艦島
Hashima Island is an abandoned island city off the southern coast of Japan. It was home to an undersea coal mining operation from 1887 to 1974. I explored Hashima – also known as Gunkanjima (軍艦島) or Battleship Island – and its off-limits areas in November 2011. At the time, just a handful of western explorers had been able to reach the island. I'm sharing the raw footage as an additional historic record of the island's history.
Featured in the video is our guide Ikumi Nakamura (aka TommyBoy) , who became known to the world for her Ghostwire: Tokyo presentation at the 2019 E3 conference.
Instagram ⇢ instagram.com/chrisluckhardt
X ⇢ https://x.com/chrisluckhardt
A B O U T
Past the Present Future is a film series by globally recognized photographer Chris Luckhardt. The series views the PAST through a lens in the PRESENT with an eye to FUTURE development.
B I O G R A P H Y
Chris Luckhardt has documented and photographed some of the most iconic and viral images of abandoned places around the world. He was among the first photographers to publish photos in the press from legendary abandoned places like Hashima Island, Nara Dreamland, Michigan Central Station, and Six Flags New Orleans. His body of work has led to interviews and collaborations with The White House, Netflix, Ford, GQ China, ABC News, Good Morning America, Scholastic Canada, Yahoo Japan, and many more. In 2016, the Obama administration invited Chris to photograph a private citizen "haunted" tour of The White House.
#Abandoned #HashimaIsland #Japan #Gunkanjima #BattleshipIsland #PastThePresentFuture #ChrisLuckhardt #AbandonedPlaces #Urbex #Skyfall #廃墟 #軍艦島
