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== Anime and Manga ==

 

 

 

* [[wikipedia:Elizabeth Bay (Namibian ghost town)|Elizabeth Bay, Namibia]]

* Kolmanskop, Namibia, once a diamond mining town, now half-buried in sand.

 

 

* [http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/ruins-gallery/ Japan] has a large number of what are called "Haikyo", or urban ruins. They come in all forms, ranging from entire [[Ghost Town|abandoned towns]] to single buildings. Most of them are remains from Japan's mining era, or else became abandoned when their [[wikipedia:Lost Decade (Japan)|economy slipped in the 1990s]].

* [[wikipedia:Hashima Island|Hashima Island, Japan]]. A former coal mining town that, at its height, was the most densely populated area in the world, and the site of the first concrete building in Japan. When oil became a favored energy source, the coal mine closed down and the town died with it. Japanese photographer Saiga Yuji has two online galleries of black & white photos taken on Hashima: [http://www.ne.jp/asahi/saiga/yuji/gallary/1974/top.html one containing images from just before its abandonment], and one of more recent photos, "[http://www.ne.jp/asahi/saiga/yuji/gallary/gunsu/gunsu-html/01.html Views of an Abandoned Island]."

 

 

* [[wikipedia:Category:Ghost towns in Western Australia|Western Australia]] has several. The old asbestos mining town of Wittenoom possibly being the most famous and notorious.

 

 

* [[wikipedia:Pyramiden|Pyramiden, Svalbard]]

* [[wikipedia:Famagusta|Famagusta, Cyprus]]

 

 

* [[wikipedia:Centralia, Pennsylvania|Centralia, Pennsylvania]], built over a mass of coal (possibly lignite) that was hard to ignite but practically impossible to extinguish. The coal seam caught fire decades ago and the town was abandoned as unsafe, due to unstable ground and toxic gases. The seam remains on fire, and is predicted to continue to burn for 250 more years. However, there are still a few holdouts living there. Bill Bryson wrote a book about it, and the film version of ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]'' was based on it.

** Anthracite coal, actually. There are still chunks of the stuff scattered all over the burning highway and the access roads for construction vehicles. And some of those holdouts still living there occupy a house next to a mound of anthracite coal which they use as a flagpole. They also have a "No Interviews" sign on their door. Many other former residents are expected to return in 2016 for the unveiling of the time capsule.