In the early 20th century , Okunoshima Island was top - hole-and-corner adeptness that produced poison gas for the Nipponese military . today the tiny island has become the home to 300 rabbits , who tourists come to visit amongst the industrial ruination .
Since the 1970s , Okunoshima Islandhas become a regular bunny Eden . FromMainichi :
The small island of about four kilometers in circumference used to be a cornerstone for the Imperial Army ’s lethal gas production between 1929 and 1945 . It was once erased from the map of Japan for security system reasons .
The poison gasoline produced at the site took the lives of many citizenry in China and other battlefronts , and former facility workers are continuing to digest from health ailments because of the petrol .
Today , the island is uninhabited , but the remains of the facility construction , including accelerator containers and a power plant , are still there .
It is believed that coney were first accept to the island in 1971 , after an elementary school in Takehara find it unmanageable to keep the animals at school day .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR6yZqMju_k
you may check out more photo of Okunoshima ’s abandoned poison gun factories onJ - Hoppers . For another humble island that ’s less thrilled about its rabbit universe , seethe Scottish island of Canna .
https://gizmodo.com/scottish-island-is-infested-with-adorable-rabbits-5526570
[ Japan Probe(top photo ) viaMetaFilter . cardinal photograph via J - Hoppers . ]
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