Hashima Island: Japan's Ghost Island
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Explore the eerie ruins of Hashima Island, once a bustling coal mining hub. Discover its ghostly remains, intricate history, and how it became known as "Japan’s Ghost Island" in this captivating story.
All countries have incidents in their past that reflect poorly on them. What tells the world about your progress is how you address those incidents publicly.
And that’s why the USA is the worlds richest terrorist organization
A wise man once said, "The past was the worst."
True, but its serious differences between some hundred people died and many millions, like the sun is a bit larger than earth.
"Progress" is ruining humanity, basically turning us into the human equivalent of ants in a wheel. Progress is the great lie.
@@WR3NDgo back to living in trees then.
Heavy petting of Nanjing, Tropical escapades of Pearl Harbor, Hashima friendly labor
Japan still to this day does not admit, acknowledge or educate its citizens on the happenings of World War 2. Do you think they would acknowledge this tiny island?
My husband told me a story when a young exchange student came to visit the US. He was a midshipman at the the time and she was the Japanese equivalent. She was curious to learn about one of her uncles that had not been forthcoming about his Army service in WW2 (Imperial Japanese Army of course). My Husband did some digging for her because he was studying the flying Tigers anyway at the time so the BCI theater of operations was adjacent. He cross checked the name and Unit 731 came up...he asked her if she really wanted to know what her uncle had been part of and she didn't want to live in the dark. He said that he wasn't sure how long she cried when learning what had happened...especially to young women about her age that were allowed to live...for reasons. My husband still gets choked up about it because he says he can't imagine learning that someone you loved and trusted could have done something so horrid to so many innocent people.
It's really bad how far the Japanese government goes to cover up their war crimes
Are you American? How much did you learn about American war crimes in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan in school?
@@essiebee8415 Canadian. I learned a bit about it, I also learned A LOT about Canadian war crimes
@@essiebee8415 here's the beauty of answering your question, and that is yes. American War crimes are taught in education institutions in the United States, mostly after as much accurate information can be gleamed. It took years for Mai Lai as an example to be fully dissected including a high profile court martial that galvanized anti war sentiment and the eventual push for US withdrawal. American war crimes in Korea were overshadowed by the wanton brutality and indiscriminate murder that would be carried out by DPRK and PLA soldiers. War crimes in Iraq were well covered by news outlets and thus led to a far stronger anti war sentiment than even in Vietnam. Even the smaller presence is controversial enough to have led to the decision that the last Americans are to leave within this decade. You would do well to never assume that acknowledgement of one set of war crimes means denial of another. America had internment camps, the Imperial Japanese Army had beheading tournaments. One is not like the other.
18:20 what the poet doesn't realise is the island offered nothing before coal and nothing after coal, there would be no point people living there, no where to grow food is a huge reason why people wouldnt live there
Okay, and?
@@griffinmckenzie7203Exactly the point
@@griffinmckenzie7203 pretty obvious not everything will look abandoned just because you have taken the resources, we have mining pits that have been turned into theme parks, the destruction is not evident in these places only where no one wants to live, this is how the weirdo left began with dumb ass poets like the one here
"Fukahori" .. Gotta be careful to pronounce that correctly.. Interesting vid, thanks 👍
15:40 - A square kilometre is 100 hectares. Your figure is off by a factor of 10, once again...
Although you're correct, issues do occur while writing scripts. If something is happening, remember that Simon doesn't write the scripts, he reads them. When stuff like this is pointed out, I hope it helps them fix issues that have popped up in future and past videos. Thank you for catching that!
Thinking about countries that have dealt with the darkness in their past, including nations that have gone too far in shaming the young generations into believing that they carry guilt just because of their ethnicity, Germany comes to mind. Japan is very different. Germany has gone beyond just apologizing for the past, they incessantly tell the world about all of the worst atrocities from the past, and they are committed to perpetually reliving them. Japan denies most of the worst of its wartime atrocities. If emperor Hirohito had been treated as the war criminal that he was, perhaps Japan would fully acknowledge what happened to the so-called “comfort women”. Instead, Hirohito was honored with diplomatic state visits throughout Europe and North America for decades after the war. So, almost none of the worst Japanese war criminals were punished in any way. The nationalism that can be spotted in the old state Shinto shrines today in Japan is disturbing.
The 2015 live-action Japanese films based on the manga Attack on Titan used the island for filming multiple scenes, and 2013 Thai horror film Hashima Project was filmed there.
While I am very happy to see another geo channel hosted by Simon, the editing on this on is subpar and in stark contrast to the other channels. The addition of AI generated images add nothing of value and rather than depicting the historical scenarios they distort them. Edo era style images of beautiful mountain villages has nothing to do with the brutalistic aesthetics of this Meiji (not maji...) era industrial complexes. In my opinion they remove the reality from the stories that should be told and introduces false images in peoples' minds. An unfortunate choice by the editor.
The editor is really doing Simon a disservice by not even trying, but evidently Simon doesn’t care. There’s a reason I don’t watch this channel. I’m done checking in every couple months to see if it has become watchable. It hasn’t.
5:55 Meiji Era. Time to beat the spell checker.
@@speurtighearnamacterik8230 It's not as bad as saying Hitler was Australian.
@@speurtighearnamacterik8230 Overreaction much?
The editing on this video was next-level sloppy. It's the "Meiji" era, not "Maji." The words spoken were "3000 employees" but the graphic said "3000 employers." The quality is just all over the place.
What happens when Simon's writer ask for a pay raise and dont get it. Blame his patron members. All idiots and want to change Simon for the worst like other RUclipsrs
I love how Battleship Island had its own police station, if someone did commit a crime there, it's not like they'd have many places to escape to considering it's, well, an island.
So they didn't need a police station?
@@kingjellybean9795 Well, I mean, if someone commits a crime, you're likely to know who did it, where they live and it's not like they'd have an infinite amount of locations to hide.
@Kaltagstar96 lol only miles of coal mines and a labyrinth of haphazardly planned apartments. They could certainly evade capture for a while. And with a max population of 5000+ on such a small island you definitly not know everyone and could easily disappear in a crowd. Stow away on a ship, bribe a captain. Definitely need a jail cell or two. But I'm a big time overthinker lol
@@kingjellybean9795 Honestly, I genuinely never thought about it like that. This is why I'd be an awful police officer. lol
Boats…
Not a fan of the 'side' camera. :D
As soon as he mentioned Coal everything I've ever learned watching Simons channels started working in my brain and it all made sense.
The "AI depictions" are awful. If you can't find real images for a historical video, then use maps or other stock images. Even with the little note in the corner, these AI images are historical malpractice
They do avoid copyright infringement
It would be far better to just keep the camera on Simon. The AI slop and idiotic editing make this channel unwatchable, unfortunately. Yet Simon will wonder why he doesn’t have more views.
Please bring back Miami Vice Simon. His style was blinding.
I liked the look, it suits him
Why did Simon stop hosting geographics just to start another channel of basically the same thing? Was it an ownership thing?
Basically yes, it’s a little more complicated, there’s a video on geo or biographics explaining it
Ok, thank you. I was just curious
Found the answer:
Original owner of Bio/Geo passed away, and Simon and the new owner (original owner's daughter) had a few issues, which the new owner took ownership of. Simon left/was asked to leave, it was apparently somewhat amicable, but the new owner had absolutely no clue what running the media groups (also including toptenz) entailed and did a poor job.
These things happen, and now Simon does this.
@@johngavin2570 Interesting. I assumed Simon started and owned all the channels he narrates. It'd be interesting to read a bio of his YT career.
@@KentoLeoDragonthere’s a wiki about RUclipsrs. I’m sure you could find plenty of information about him on there. Just google it.
I think people get annoyed with the way Japan presents its own history in the way it’s annoying when that one friend of yours acts like they never did anything foolish as a child, or justifies everything if they did. Like, we all know every country did sucky things during war to varying extremes, so stop acting like you were some perfect miracle child Hiroki! There was no good reason for you to pour milk on the cat, you were throwing a tantrum and acting like you weren’t just makes you sound like an asshole.
I've always called Korea, China, and Japan siblings with how they've feuded over the years, and your metaphor fits so well into that explanation 😂
Ah, a Democrat. No, dude, it's just you. Don't project your shortcomings on me.
@@toddnolastname4485 🤔
Two in a week? Hell yes
I wonder if they film a lot of apokalyptic movies on the island? 🤔
Structures too fragile, can’t film there
How do you know ghosts aren't real? Have you ever seen one!!?
There are some people in this world who will not get this is a joke.
I've seen goats at least several times, I can confirm that they are in fact real, and that my eyesight used to be better
Another great video Simon but I beg you please stop using AI, I would rather just see nothing!!!
Turn your phone over, problem solved
If you'd rather see nothing, then don't look. Stop acting so entitled because you don't like a couple of pictures.
@@griffinmckenzie7203wanting to protect people’s jobs isn’t being “entitled”! It’s basically the exact opposite of that. Do you even think before you speak?
@@Spooky_Platypus What job was stolen here, bud? Also, why did you like your own comment?
Omg 😂 people like you and the one who posted the original comment need to wake up and see the reality of what AI is are you telling me you never use it or have it on the device you just typed this comment on. It's the evolution of computing and crying about it is a waste of time and a headache for those of us having to read your whining.
Grow up@@Spooky_Platypus
Wow! Simon’s office set-up looks fantastically arranged; I love the black background, the demure lighting, positioning of the window, and even the little plant to his left. It gives off modern vibes overall, while remaining simple and maintaining Feng shui. Nice atmosphere; great aura!
i really hope you’re being sarcastic or this is a bot, because it’s fairly obviously AI
Why is it a bad idea to rocket waste to the Sun? Nuke waste would help our Sun live longer, right? 🎉
150,000 ?
Can we stop with the fake static and shaky effects? Makes things hard to watch and causes headaches.
Looks like Shutter Island
17:25; Battlefield Island. 🙋🏻
Hashima Island was the setting for the climax of the novel The Rising Seas by my favorite author, Clive Cussler!
Gunham do has never been forgotton by Korean people. It was a slavery island. Korean people were given Japanese names under imperial Japan and made to join the army or whatever labor they were forced to.
I really don't like the use of AI generated images when speaking factually about the history of a place. If real images can't be found just don't use any, because what you're showing me is just fake and seems extremely lazy
Well too bad it’s here to stay
And the channel empire expands again…
What?
I find it interesting they chose an undersea cable rather than just building a small coal fired powerplant right there on site. Wonder if that was directly cost related or what? Seems it would be cheaper to build a powerplant.
Probably the equivalent of don't get high on your own supply.
@jimcappa6815 that's fair given the purported quality of the coal being mined there. Excellent point!
I was never good of staying out of the supply. Lol
And even a brothel 😂
There’s a great Netflix movie about this, called battleship island
yo editor can u chill with the ai images. they are made by using art from ppl whom aren't compensated or even asked permission for the use thereof. if u can't put in the time and effort of finding actual appropriate images step down, thanks.
2:07 oops --- but you have to admit, they put a cherry tree in it, a really tiny one --- and then "oh it's a coal mine" of course it's dead now bye you could have said earlier
Makes me think of Alkatraz
There was a brutal strike there in the 50s that changed labour laws in Japan. Are you aware?
Maji Era? 🤔
Another great video Simon but I beg you please keep using AI, I would rather not just see nothing!!!
3:43 but it's not sweet... it's salty, that's the thing!
Another great video Simon but I beg you please keep using AI, I would rather not just see nothing!!!
When you expect a geography video but get a harrowing episode of Into the shadows 😐
I think this place would make a perfect Call of Duty zombies map
I didn't know it also went by "hashimer island"
Bro how many channels you got
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We wouldn't allow Germany to do that, and we shouldn't allow Japan to do it.
OK, come on now... who farted...? 😂
first view ans comment. yes lol
It's seems like inspiration for "spirited away"
First time Ive stopped by this channel, and I just wanted to say I love this idea of a channel, thank you guys!
17:55 there is absolutely no way he’s still in the country 😅
You can build your own model of this island i saw it on Amazon and i'm thinking about getting one.
Coal is limted, but it's extremely easy to make.
Love watching about abandoned places. Especially when they have ruins.
Looks like Isle of Dogs Trash Island
looks like cod rebirth Island
I love Places! I thought I was pretty informed about forgotten places but then Simon shows me up yet again.
Damn, if I was a youngster living by those islands, I would be exploring with caution and excitement......
Ooooo...Mr. Bond!
Lot of errors & inaccuracies here. It is very clear you did little-to-no research before posting this & have a poor understanding of Japan.
Enlighten us, O wise master.
Umm hmm. I’ll wait for you to enlighten us as well. I can hardly wait to see how incredibly intelligent you are regarding Japan JACK.
I’d trust this comment more if it were from someone from Japan and not some rando named Jack who gave no examples in his first comment to prove he had any kind of a point.😊
@@Spooky_PlatypusSimon and his channels have some inaccuracies in their videos. I'm not from Japan and I don't know if there are any inaccuracies in this video. But I'm from the Philippines, and videos that they made about the Philippines have inaccuracies.
@@speurtighearnamacterik8230 He is not and that is extremely disrespectful to the author of this script. Go be a little nonce somewhere else.
Looks like they tested a very large bomb there.
Am I first?
Indeed it seems so
Almost cared
@@goshdarnitman ah, caring. Something we are all capable of doing in regard to your opinion, but we choose not to.
It was a thrilled watching video about deserted Japanese islands (Heshima)... Maybe Japanese society and Japanese cultures are the most crucial way of living even in Peacetime
Second time you cover this, running out of topics?
What was the other time they covered this Geographics? He doesn't host Geographics anymore maybe wanted to do it again on Channel not a channel he was contracted as the host for. Also if it was Geographics they didn't go into as much detail as they did here.
It's not, but keep yapping. lol
Blah blah blah. Simon leant read your comments and being rude isn’t novel. Just shows you’re a miserable old bastard. Hope your life gets better soon!😊
@@GrievousReborn ruclips.net/video/1RsF0FBqfmQ/видео.html
@@speurtighearnamacterik8230 Be quiet, kid.
"Ghosts are aren't real" "That being said, let's bring the 'B' Team back from the dead!"
Perhaps it's an inherent bias towards a _homo economicus_ perspective, but I find it fascinating to look back at history's versions of "affordable housing". The conditions of the apartment block's cramped and humble accommodations might be classified as _inhumane_ in the modern parlance (not withstanding the unacceptable use of forced labor at this site), but these meager amenities and the security of a roof and walls consistently drew workers seeking opportunity. It puts into perspective how a simple small apartment can still be so valuable to the residents. If only these folks didn't have to endure working in an unhealthy and dangerous industry, just to have a small sliver of shelter at all.
More recycled content. No wonder I dropped My subscriptions. You used to be interesting
And yet you're still here, giving him exactly what he wants. lmfao
Cry harder lol
@@speurtighearnamacterik8230 Clown somewhere else, troll.
You were never interesting, and your whining isn't either.
How do you not believe in ghosts or spirits? Literally been proven to exist. Way to much evidence to suggest it
"proven" lmfao
Where? When? By whom? Please cite your sources and list accredited research papers on the subject.
"Suggest" and "prove" are two different things.
@@kylemiller4205 It's been over 24 hours, Kyle. Have you got the proof yet?
Come stay at my house and you will wish you never did kid. Clearly you’ve lived in a cozy life never around the dead or places people have died. 🥱