Gunkanjima Digital Museum
Gunkanjima Digital Museum
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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The leading-edge digital technology allows you to travel back in time to Gunkanjima in those days! Gunkanjima (Hashima Island) was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage site list in July 2015 as a site of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining. Through the huge screen and the projection mapping, this museum takes you to the former flourishing time of Gunkanjima when it had the highest population density in the world, as well as a restricted area where you could never see even by the landing tour.
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oga_hit
Sakai, Japan272 contributions
Oct 2024 • Couples
It is included in the landing tour. It is a very good exhibition, so please take your time to see it for at least 30 minutes. Some are analog recreations of rooms from life back then, while others are digital, such as 360° drone video VR, that are worth seeing. They will be able to re-enter after landing.
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Written October 28, 2024
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Yves A
Berlin, Germany17 contributions
Jan 2016 • Friends
Small but incredible museum. They have a lot of cool technical stuff there that will stun not only your children! It feels like you are creating your own documentary and its also heavily English supported. The museum is perfect in combination with the trip to the real Battleship Island. I would suggest to first go to the museum and afterward take the boat trip. If you go there with the boat Tickets you get 300¥ discount. So go to the harbour get some tickets and then go here (plan around 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours of your time) and then back to the pier which is only 5 minutes walk away.
Written January 13, 2016
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manucanuck
Hong Kong, China1,965 contributions
Sep 2019
there's free english audio guide provided for free, it's separated into different parts across 3 floors. With videos interviewing the old residence and a model of the island itself. It's interesting.
Written September 27, 2019
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Christophe PJ
Knokke-Heist, Belgium332 contributions
Aug 2019
It's a good idea to spend a tiny bit of time in this museum before you head out to the island as all explanation is in Japanese. Also in this museum: it's all in Japanese including the show....except for 4 booths on the right at the 1st floor where you can choose your language : they are really interesting and visualize very very well the whole story with some interesting facts. There's an audio-guide at the museum but it was not very useful. Actually you don't want to spend too much time in the museum as you want to head off for the island asap. The museum is just the obligatory gathering place before embarking.
Written September 1, 2019
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Sooty P
Chelmsford, UK53 contributions
Jun 2018 • Couples
Amazing technology that allows you to walk around the island. A lot of information, you wonder how people ever managed to live there in such conditions. And you can't help but leave wondering why was the island closed down so abruptly. What happened in 1973?
Written February 25, 2019
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mrdom
8,516 contributions
Apr 2016 • Solo
I missed out on a cruise due to weather so I came in here. The price is 1800 yen - compared to 4300 yen for an actual cruise. You start off with a mesmerising wall-long film about the island, with things like moving photos and aerial photos put together very well. I sat in front of that for quite a while and then tried the other films, which were a bit repetitive and more abstract rather than using actual footage. There are some displays about life on the island and that's about it. I'm glad I came but I wouldn't want to pay this much if I'd actually been onto the island first.
Written April 7, 2016
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annette m
Newcastle, Australia189 contributions
Nov 2023 • Family
I went to this museum, but really wanted to go to the island. But after reading the reviews about how it is not guaranteed to get on the island and the seasickness endured to get there plus only 1 day of English, I thought this would be a better choice. I believe it was. Price was $18 to get into each and it amazed me how deep the mine was and how it operated - not a job I would like. It was also interesting to learn about the people and their lives and also just have a sit down. I would recommend as something to see when in Nagasaki, very simple activity and all through movies and pictures. I walked away with a sense of how it was to live there. I am sure one day there would be a 3d visual experience like you are walking through the buildings.
Written April 6, 2024
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Apple_HK
Hong Kong446 contributions
Feb 2023
Honestly I might not make a trip to the museum if not as a package with the tour to the island and the meeting point for ticket collection. Staff was very friendly and helpful and I met one who is from Hong Kong and speaks English and Cantonese. He highly recommended me to visit the fourth floor for the "Simulated Gunkanjima landing experience using the latest VR technology" and I did enjoy seeing the inside of the old buildings that were not accessible via physical visit.
There are movies showing the history of the island that helps one prepare for the island tour, thus definitely a worthwhile visit.
There are movies showing the history of the island that helps one prepare for the island tour, thus definitely a worthwhile visit.
Written February 21, 2023
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Andrea v
45 contributions
Jul 2018 • Family
We couldn’t go to the island due to a typhoon so went to the museum instead. We probably saw more of the island than if we would have gone on the boat tour. VR glasses, lots of movies and photos. Very interesting.
Written July 29, 2018
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Zachary H
Tokyo, Japan5,647 contributions
Dec 2017 • Couples
The museum is expensive (¥1,800) and really only worth it because you get priority boarding rights for the boat to Hashima Island when you buy museum tickets.
Borderline Japanese nationalist propaganda. No mention of Chinese/Korean forced labor used on Hashima Island, which was disappointing.
Borderline Japanese nationalist propaganda. No mention of Chinese/Korean forced labor used on Hashima Island, which was disappointing.
Written December 30, 2017
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