Both Nagura and nearby Takeda were abandoned about 1916 as a result of rampant malaria and pestilential vapor. Don't even ask if the island's residents dared to take up long-term residence there, they weren't even willing to stay over one night.
原來名藏、嵩田這兩個村早在一九一六年左右，就因為瘧疾肆虐、遍地瘴疫而成為廢村，島民們別說不敢久住、連路過休息一晚都不敢。