The Ruins of Kyu Nagasaki Prison
Kyu Nagasaki Prison was built in 1907, one of five ‘ultra-modern’ Meiji-era prisons built throughout Japan. Its Victorian design is a...
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Kyu Nagasaki Prison was built in 1907, one of five ‘ultra-modern’ Meiji-era prisons built throughout Japan. Its Victorian design is attributable to a research mission to study European prisons conducted by the Meiji government.
Within its five meter-high red brick wall, a five-pointed prison block held up to 800 high-security prisoners. The prison went out of use in 1992, becoming a haikyo.
15 years later the wall and most of the interior complex were demolished after complaints from the growing number of housing developments being built in the surrounding area. Now only the abandoned front gate and gatehouse remain.
Sources: michaeljohngrist, nifty
