Gunkanjima is an uninhabited island off the coast of Nagasaki. Ted, a fellow JET in the area, first introduced me to the place and I was surprised to find this article while browsing the Asahi news reel. I didn't think that one of Japan's premier newspapers would ever publish a story about this place, it isn't exactly Japan at it's finest hour. Here's a wikipedia article on it in English. The article doesn't really discuss the history or the impact the island has had on the area; from what I gather it's explaining a photo album that was recently published with photos of the island from both now and back when people lived there. Still, it's good to see that the news in Japan isn't afraid to point out Japan's blemishes.
This is a good song: Tagatame, by Mr Children!
2 comments:
I heard about the island when I was Kids. cause my some relatives
lived there. a little sad story.
U should visit Nagasaki! there are a lot of places to learn Japanese history. and I hope you'll learn about atomic bomb......Kisshy
Keep up the blogging, Mr. Blogger.
There's a lot of stuff like that, and worse, in all countries. We all like to forget the cruelties and injustices that our home country has inflicted - "It's unpatriotic to think about those (terrible) things." Which means that we go on and do them over and over. Good thing for Wikipedia and the web. Makes it harder to forget stuff.
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