Une nouvelle image ajoutée dans la serie arc*scape. Le quartier administratif et d'affaires de Shinjuku vu depuis un passage sous les lignes de la gare voisine (image #001-001006.007 ).
Largely a commercial and entertainment district, Shibuya has achieved great popularity among young people in the last 30 years. Shibuya is also famous for its intersection crossing, reportedly the world's busiest, which is located in front of Shibuya Station and uses a four-way stop to allow pedestrians to inundate the entire intersection.
Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine, Yaksushima island, Japan, october 2009.
Approximately located 60Km South-West of Cape Sata, South of Kyushu (the Southern part of Japan), Yakushima (Yaku Island) is a 505 square-meter mountainous island largely covered with primitive forest. The island, partially classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993 is internationally recognized as a biosphere and eco-system reserve. Yaku-shima exhibits a rich flora, with some 1,900 species and subspecies, includes ancient specimens of "sugi" (Japanese cedar) having untill around 2000 to 3000 years according to scientists. The fauna of the island is diverse, including Japanese and sika deer, 150 bird species, 15 species of reptile, eight species of amphibians and about 1,900 species of insects. It is said that some luxurious forest landscapes have inspired the forest setting in Hayao Miyazaki's film "Princess Mononoke".
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Hashima island, also known as Gunkan-jima (Warship or Battleship island), is located 15km southwest of the Port of Nagasaki in southern Japan.
The «Ghost Island» is an uninhabited, abandoned island. Populated from 1887 to 1974, it was a coal mining facility. Its population density was 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km2) in 1959. Its nickname came from its apparent resemblance to the Japanese battleship 'Tosa' from the distance. Due to the depletion of the coal in the 1970s, the coalmine was closed in January 1974 by its owner, the Mitsubishi company.
Over the years, Gunkan-jima, which in 2003 was the location for scenes from « Battle Royale II » starring Takeshi Kitano, has been a place of predilection for lovers of urban and industrial exploration -- although landing on the island was forbidden by authorities for safety reasons. The island also has a cult following on the internet and has attracted a plethora of photo-essays and documentary projects. In 2008 an association nominated the island to be recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hashima was re-opened to the public on 22 April 2009, after more than 30 years of closure. Guided tours, including a chance to visit the island, are now available from Nagasaki.
