Just a quickie FLF today, folks! You may remember a fun link from last year brought to us by Nyssa on photography of abandoned sites in Japan (haikyo), a prominent subject of which was Gunkanjima 軍艦島, or “battleship island.” This island (so named for its shape) used to be a coal mining facility, but is now abandoned and known across Japan for its relatively undisturbed and extensive ruins.

GoogleJapan has now put out a short video advertisement on mapping the island with Google Streetview, which gives you a neat peek into the island itself and the process of creating Google Maps. So how can I get this guy’s job? And are those really the shoes he should be wearing for this?

Edit: video embed should be working now!