How do I want to introduce this island?  Japan’s version of an abandoned Arkham Asylum?  An island Chernobyl?  The world after an apocalypse?

Every once in a while Digg.com throws up a genuinely interesting article.   Given that I have a fondness for abandoned civilization, this particular article on Battleship Island, immediately caught my eye.  Like that article I linked to a ways back on abandoned Chernobyl, it’s really just a collage of images.  It’s a world that humanity abandoned, rather frightening, always mysterious.  Enjoy!

For more information Wikipedia has a rather expensive page on Hashima.