Legs and Borders

My second and last exploring stop during the stay in Japan. Online resources were giving me different perspectives on the way site is being protected. Some talking about cameras, motion sensors and angry security, trying to rip you off for damaging the premises, while others telling a story of a pretty easy and straight forward to do site. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst as they say, i assumed that the first scenario is the case and approached Dreamland quite cautiously. Did a few rounds around it, looking for mentioned devices and personas, had a brief brake after bumping into a Japanese clacking security device at one of the side roads, that scared the crap out of me (but trucks been using it, so i assumed it was placed to protect something else). Eventually i got inside with eyes and ears peeled to anything suspicious. Chosen the roller-coaster for the first stop, as it had good view range in case something was about to happen. Unfortunately it didn't, so no copy/p...

Most of the time when i'm having a conversation with other explorers this place is being mentioned (it might be me though, heh), and i was always thinking what if .. But first of all i wanted to visit Japan, because of many reasons, and Nagasaki was one of the places i was planning to see. Few-lines-typed-into-google later and i knew Hashima is only 15 kilometers of Nagasaki's shore! What's even better, since 2009 there was regular tours operating to the island, blimey! Thank you internet. History : In 1859 Thomas Glover came to Nagasaki as a representative of Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. which imported Japanese green tea. Two years later, he established his own company, Glover Trading Co. He sold ships, guns and other goods to the Satsuma, Chosyu and Tosa clans. He wasn't just another merchant from Britain, he introduced western technology and style to Nagasaki i.e. imported first train called Iron Duke , it was the first steam locomotive to run in Japan. Glover...