Ritsuko Okazaki, was a Japanese singer-songwriter born on Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima, an abandoned island lying about how manykilometers from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan?
Hashima Island Hashima Island (端島 , or simply Hashima — "-shima" is a Japanese suffix for "island" ) , commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島; meaning Battleship Island), is an abandoned island lying about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan. It is one of 505 uninhabited islands in Nagasaki Prefecture. The island's most notable features are its abandoned concrete buildings, undisturbed except by nature, and the surrounding sea wall. While the island is a symbol of the rapid industrialization of Japan, it is also a reminder of its dark history as a site of forced labor prior to and during the Second World War.
Ikema Island Ikema Island (池間島 , Ikema-jima ) , is located to the north of the Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The surface area is 2.6 km². The island is connected with Miyako Island with a 1592 m bridge. There is a pond in the centre of the island. To the north-east is the Ikema-jima Block Beach (池間島ブロックビーチ ) .