Take a look around the extraordinary derelict island featured in the James Bond movie 'Skyfall'

This is what Bond villain Raoul Silva's island looks like in "Skyfall."

Bond and Severine are brought to the island to be killed by Silva, a villainous rogue MI6 agent.

The movie used exterior scenes of the island as a backdrop.

But the action wasn't filmed there — it was meshed together with CGI in postproduction.

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This the real island you can see today on Google.

It was first populated in 1887.

Factory buildings like this one were vital to production during the industrialisation of Japan.

Japan's first large concrete building was built on Hashima. It stood at nine stories tall.

Hashima, and its multitude of enchanting apartment blocks, is entirely surrounded by a sea wall — just visible on the right of this image.

Peak population on the island was 5,259, with a density of 835 per hectare.

When petroleum started to replace coal in the 1960s, coal mines on Hashima started closing down.

The island was abandoned in 1974.

The article was originally written by Joshua Barrie.