Spots you wish to train at, but your mom would never let you: GUNKANJIMA

31 Mar

We love to look for unique locations to film or train at and every now and then we stumble upon something amazing that’s really worth sharing.

The first one we have for you is Gunkanjima (Battleship Island), an Island just 15km from Nagasaki, that looks like a battleship.

The Island was once the most densely populated place on earth. It’s only 400 by 140 meters big and had 5,259 people living there at the same time. This means all the areas are packed with buildings and the gaps between the roofs are tiny (if you know what I mean).

But why did so many people live on such a tight place?
Mitsubishi bought the island in 1890 and used it to mine coal until petroleum became more popular and the island was of no use anymore.

So in 1974 Mitsubishi announced the closing of the mine and 5000 people left their home’s, which are still in the same place and untouched today. The whole place looks like an amazing location to film a video, no wonder the sequel to the japans cult-movie “Battle Royale” was shot on the island. The whole place looks like it’s packed with Freerunning spots. But at the same time the place is falling apart, so every jump is fucking dangerous.

 


Stairs and balcony’s like this have to be around everywhere. Of course we jizzed in our pants, when we first saw this pictures and 20 seconds afterwards I was trying to understand  japanese websites, because I wanted to find out how to get there.

Apparently there is a guided boat tour to the island twice a day. But they only show you around a few buildings and you would never be allowed to go and jump around.

 

Hope dies last, maybe one day somebody will find a way. Until then, check out this small documentary:

 

 

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8 Responses to “Spots you wish to train at, but your mom would never let you: GUNKANJIMA”

  1. Sammy March 31, 2012 at 7:51 pm #

    Need more comments up in the is bad boy.

    Amazing location, would be rad as to have a paintball tournament there.

  2. Teztouz March 31, 2012 at 8:01 pm #

    hi i’m algerian and i like this sport i’d like to practice but we have’nt the tools you are the best

  3. Jereme Sanders March 31, 2012 at 8:04 pm #

    Just find out when the tours aren’t, rent a boat and hit it up for a day. Don’t think there would be any on site tour guides living in, could be wrong though.

  4. Othni3l April 1, 2012 at 1:12 pm #

    Yea, abandon sites arent all that great for free running. True land to have some real films developed though.

  5. Chris Wilson April 2, 2012 at 1:23 pm #

    I believe the island has security guards, and is very difficult to get to outside the official visits. This is quite a good article about gunkanjima.
    http://gakuranman.com/gunkanjima-ruins-of-a-forbidden-island/

  6. canna April 5, 2012 at 12:24 pm #

    hi im japanese.we could visit this island by fishing boat a few years ago.that was illegal but many people visited because they were not punished. im not sure if you can visit by your self still now , but no security guard in the island. possibly and if you are lucky, you can find someone who can take us to the island.
    sorry about my bad english,but you can ask me japanese or ask me to read japanese.my japanese is very well lol

    • JasonPaul April 5, 2012 at 4:17 pm #

      thanks man, that sounds really interesting. can you write me a message on Facebook so we can speak a little bit more? my name on FB is “Jason Paul”
      No worries about your english, it’s really good.

  7. olikov April 15, 2012 at 12:14 am #

    Why dont you just show this to RedBull, Im sure thats a project they would like/fund and would try to get a permission for you to film on there?

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