article_snippet: The majority of the humans on the island of Aoshima are pensioners who didn't  seek work on mainland Japan after the Second World War .
article_snippet: Never lonely: The majority of the humans on Aoshima island left to work on mainland Japan in the late 1940s and early 1950s .
article_snippet: Aoshima, a 30-minute ferry ride off the coast of Ehime prefecture, had been home to 900 people in 1945.
article_snippet: Aoshima, a 30-minute ferry ride off the coast of Ehime prefectureEhime prefecture, had been home to 900 people in 1945 .
article_snippet: An overview shows the main part of the fishing village on Aoshima Island in Ehime prefecture in southern Japan Japan .
article_snippet: Many of the buildings on Aoshima Island were abandoned after the Second World War .
article_snippet: : A tree grows around a rusty sledge outside a derelict school on Aoshima Island .
highlights_snippet: Most of the local residents left Aoshima Island to work on mainland Japan after the Second World War .
  