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Originally Posted by tony404
what is that ?
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They're coal 'danchis' on an Island off Nagasaki. Extensive amounts of coal mining was done in this area, and these are actually apartment blocks, built in the 1890s to house the workers. There are heaps and heaps of them all over the island, some still in use, but 95% were abandoned up to about 1975 or so - and have sat untouched until then.
If you've seen the movie Battle Royale, you'll probably recognise some of this buildings - but the trees etc have gone INSANE since then - we almost needed machettes to get through the undergrowth to get to the buildings.
Amazing places though!