Mr. SAGARA Kimihide, a former resident of Hashima Island
So, they didn't realize the war had ended on the island.
Born on Hashima Island in 1932 , he was the son of the head of the safety lamp room at the Hashima Coal Mine. He recalls that during his boyhood, there were four students of Korean origin in his class. He served as class president in his final year of elementary school. He lived in Buildings 5, 57, and 25, and was there when the war ended. At the time the atomic bomb was dropped, he was staying at a junior high school dormitory in Nagasaki City. He left Hashima in 1947 after his father changed jobs.
