44 Secret Filming Locations Hollywood Doesn't Want You To Find

42. Hashima Island (Gunkanjima), Japan – The Battleship Island Ghost Town

Hashima Island, a former coal mining island off Nagasaki, is an abandoned concrete city that looks like a rusting battleship – hence its nickname, "Battleship Island" (Gunkanjima). Its dilapidated concrete buildings, sea walls, and eerie silence make it a perfect, ready-made set for dystopian, horror, or post-apocalyptic films. It was famously featured in Skyfall but its unique, claustrophobic atmosphere and decaying industrial aesthetic could be a cinematic goldmine for many other narratives.