Fares Mubarak
8th Grade
Aug. 23. 2013
Harishima Island (coolest island ever)
Harishima Island is and island located in Japan. This used to be an island where lots of people lived in. While people lived there they mined underground to find coal, and they found it. After hundreds of years, that coal turned into fuel. By that time, the island was already inhabited. Harishima Island is one of the 505 uninhabited islands in Nagaski Prefecture. The island was populated from 1887 to 1974. There is currently a population of 0 people there.
Alright enough of the boring educational stuff. Harishima Island is cool because if you look from far away it looks like a battleship when there are lights around it. As a matter of fact, many movies were inspired by this-so-called battleship island. Personally I think we should have more population over there.
-Fares Mubarak
-Fares Mubarak
(image courtesy of: Google Images)
Does the first picture show buildings because that is what I get from that picture. Asides from that, that is really cool.
ReplyDeleteYes Laura, there are buildings. The reason is because this is an actual island where people used to live. It is not really a battleship...
DeleteJust read what I wrote and you'll know! :D
-fares
Well sorry Fares...! But I thought since it is an island, and it was populated a pretty long time ago there wouldn't be buildings. And I also thought that maybe it was an optical illusion and not actual buildings! By the way I am not trying to argue.
DeleteThat is really cool! It does actually look like a battle ship. This island kind of reminds me of the movie Battleship because Japan people and Americans join and have a have war against some robots! The island should be more populated! If I lived in Japan I would definitely go visit that place! It has building from the pictures. I wonder why people don't live there anymore.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback!
DeleteReally intresting and educational that looks like a battleship t\i think there should be more people there because it would be pretty cool to live there...i think it is a good place to visit and go on holiday this was good and short really good fares
ReplyDeleteThank you Pablo. Positive reinforcement is always good :D
DeleteThis is really cool. It is really sad that population is 0 right now. I would like to go if I can. The island is pretty cool, they have almost everything that we need to survive. And I don't get why 0 population... But I think this island, if it was for tourist. maybe population can grow ^^.
ReplyDeleteI have seen this like in a lot of movie but i didn't know that it was an actually island! Even though I agree to what Laura said, in the article you said there aren't people living there but there are buildings in the first picture. It is awesome how you can see the shape of a battle ship from faraway. I wonder, since the island is in Japan, if it was affected by the earthquake or the tsunami that happened long time ago.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very interesting blog, because there is no one living there! Imagine living on the battleship island! That would be really cool. I would like to know why this island is inhabited, if it is even known. I think This is a very interesting blog. I recommend you find awesome blogs just like this one. Make sure that you write the names correctly. It is Hashima Island not Harishima. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool fares!! I'd want to come visit but i wonder why it isnt popullated anymore! fares you should've wrote why it isn't populated anymore.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, you should check your spelling in your first sentence. Also, I am really curious about why there isn't any people living in there. But I think it is cool how the island looks like a battleship. I wonder if the island looked like that from the beginning. I doubt that there will be people living in that island later on.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, this island is so cool. It has straight sides and looks a little like a duck laying on the sea. Because of the out-layers and the high buildings, this island looks really like some kind of huge machine or like handmade island. Maybe because it looks different from other islands, I feel like there is no nature in it. Anyway, it is interesting that some movies were inspired of this battleship-like island. I would like to know which movies were inspired.
ReplyDeleteOkay dear brother. Ms. Vary just told me about the island, and to be honest, it sounds like a pretty cool island that I now want to visit! Here's the bad part though. Ms. Vary got me interested in the island, not your blog post. Suggestions? Make this island sound cooler! From your article, it just sounds like it's a normal island in Japan that Korea might be fighting for as well, but I guess it's not. Next time, you should add more details :) Why isn't it inhabited now? Are they not allowed or do they not want to live there? Is it dangerous? Oh by the way, like Ms. Vary and I mentioned during our conversation, Hashima Island looks like the perfect setting for Resident Evil or The Walking Dead :) Good topic though!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting topic. The island seems very interesting. I am sure it is held up by millions of rocks underneath it. It is pretty outstanding to think of it, how such a small piece of land is seen as a floating city. The island is very gloomy and from my point of view, since it is serving no purpose, it should be used as a worldly jail.
ReplyDeleteSo a lot of people wonder why there aren't people living there. When coal was replaced by oil, coal mines began shutting down everywhere. So, since this island was primarily a coal mine, there was no work for people living there. Also, this island was the inspiration for the island that Raoul Silva took Bond to in the newest James Bond movie. If you look at pictures of the island up close you'll notice it's a lot more interesting than just "a battleship-like island". It gives off a feeling of complete desolation. You can feel the emptiness of the whole thing weighing down on you.
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ReplyDeleteThis was a very interesting topic Fares! I enjoyed reading what you had to say. It's pretty cool that such a small island has a very interesting history. From the pictures and from what I have heard in the past, the island does indeed seem very eery and desolate. I wonder if anybody will live there in the future. I think it'd be interesting to visit as well. Nice topic! I really enjoyed it. :)
ReplyDeleteNice! I did not know this island existed at all. I wonder why it is no longer inhabited, though. I mean, you can see buildings and it looks like a place where people could perfectly go live in. Anyway, it was interesting to hear about this topic Fares. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThat island. That is an amazing island. I also think people should live there. They should do something with it.
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