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		unwind on Feb 3, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Earth from Above Awesome, the office building I'm in is visible! :D And no, I kind of wish it was that interesting-looking fortress island in Japan, but it's not.

davnola on Feb 3, 2011 | [–]

Hashima, AKA Gunkanjima or "Battleship Island". The kind of place that exists in dreams.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/saiga/yuji/gallary/1974/1974-html/07-...

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/7/hashima.php

http://gakuranman.com/gunkanjima-ruins-of-a-forbidden-island...

unwind on Feb 3, 2011 | | [–]

Great links, thanks a lot. Now I'm not so sure I'd want to have my office there, looks a bit creepy.

koski on Feb 3, 2011 | [–]

Funny :-) Same for me.

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