Ikeshima

Ikeshima or Ikejima (Japanese: 池島), also sometimes listed as Ike Island, is an island in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It formerly employed thousands of coal miners who lived on the island. The number of miners has reported as 8,000,[1] or over 10,000.[2] As of 2018, 130 individuals, mostly retired miners or their relatives, remained.[2]

Abandoned apartment buildings in Ikeshima

References
  1. "Former coal mining island Ikeshima". Japan Times. January 10, 2016.
  2. "住民基本台帳に基づく町別人口・世帯数（各月末）" [Population and households by town based on basic resident register]. City of Nagasaki.

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