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Macabre sites in Japan

Japan has 32 macabre sites on Detourmap — catacombs, ossuaries, burial grounds and the sites of disasters. The best known is Hashima Island. All of them are below.

Macabre sites
32
Of archaeological
32 of 505
Little known
21 of 32
Oldest
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 1527

Questions about this page

How many macabre sites are there in Japan?

32 on this map, out of 505 archaeological & historic sites in Japan. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.

What is the best known macabre site in Japan?

Hashima Island. Abandoned island lying about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan. Abandoned concrete buildings and the surrounding sea wall.

Which macabre sites in Japan are the least visited?

21 of the 32 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

Macabre sites elsewhere

United States440 United Kingdom195 Australia81 Germany79 Italy78 Poland68 France56 Russia55 Spain53 Canada36 Czech Republic25 Belgium24

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