With no coal mining , hashima was dead in the water .
关闭了煤矿,端岛就成为了一座漂浮在水中的“死城”。
Living conditions were deplorable , weather conditions rough , and working conditions unimaginable on hashima island .
羽岛上的生活环境糟糕、天气情况恶劣、工作环境艰苦。
However , in the late 1960s , petroleum began to replace coal as the predominant energy export in japan , and in 1974 mitsubishi closed its hashima mine .
It 's virtually impossible to find an abandoned city with a history as sordid as that of hashima island , known commonly as " gunkanjima , " or battleship island .