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Following the closure of the coal mine in 2001, the population of Ikeshima dropped from almost 10,000 inhabitants to barely a hundred or so. On the minuscule Japanese island, time seems to stand still, nature has taken over again and is forcing its way through the abandoned buildings. A journey full of poetry which reflects the ephemeral character of all human activity.