Currently, sightseeing boat trips around the island are provided by two operators; Yamasa-Kaiun from Nagasaki Port, Kyodo Co. from Nomo Island. As of April 22, 2009, the island is open once again for public visits, with Yamasa Kaiun providing transportation to the island from Nagasaki.<ref name="reopening">{{cite news | title= Abandoned 'Battleship Island' to reopen to public in Nagasaki | url = http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20090421p2a00m0na011000c.html | agency = The Mainichi Daily News | place = Japan | date = 21 April 2009 | accessdate = 2009-04-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422161957/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20090421p2a00m0na011000c.html |archivedate=2009-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | publisher = Japan guide | url = http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4414.html |title= Nagasaki Travel: Gunkanjima (Battleship Island)|date= May 28, 2009| accessdate = 2010-11-18}}</ref>
==InBudaya popular culture==
TheSebuah 1949filem JapaneseJepun filmpada tahun 1949 bertajuk ''[[Midori Naki Shima]]'' (''The Greenless Island'') wastelah shotfilemkan ondi HashimaPulau Island Hashima.<ref>{{cite web | last = Burke-Gaffney | first = Brian | title = Hashima: the ghost island | url=http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/earns/hashima.html | publisher = University of Washington, Oshkosh | accessdate=2012-11-18}}</ref>
TheSebuah Japaneseband rock bandJepun [[B'z]] usedtelah themenggunakan islandpulau asini thesebagai locationlokasi for the filming of thepenggambaran [[musicvideo videomusik]] forbagi theirsingle mereka pada tahun 2009 singleiaitu "[[My Lonely Town]]" and alsodan shotjuga photosmengambil forgambar thekulit CD coverdan andpembungkusan packagingdi theresana.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000052580 | title = Barks | location = JP | date = 1 September 2009 | accessdate = 2012-12-28}}</ref>
InPada thetahun 2012, sebuah filem [[James Bond (filmsiri seriesfilem)|James Bond]] filmiaitu ''[[Skyfall]]'', themenjadi islandinspirasi serveddengan asmenjadi ansarang inspiration for the lair of villainpenjahat, Raoul Silva. Although exterior footage of the island is featured, no scenes were filmed on the island itself. Exterior sets of the island were recreated using a combination of [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] and practical effects at [[Pinewood Studios]] in Great Britain.<ref name="japantimes20121130">{{cite web | last = Fazio| first = Giovanni| title = Hashima Island provides the inspiration for a villain's lair| newspaper = [[The Japan Times]]| page = 20| date = 30 November 2012| url = http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2012/11/30/films/hashima-island-provides-the-inspiration-for-a-villains-lair/ | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2012-11-30}}</ref>
The 2013 Thai horror movie ''[[Project Hashima]]'' depicts five college students who visit Hashima Island for filming.<ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/project-hashima-hachima-porchekt-film-683280</ref>
