Sidestreet gift store Light coming through broken windows

Light coming through broken windows catches the peeling paint on the walls

Guards Compartment at Eveleigh

Looking Down at Ashio

the former Yubari Municipal Asahi Elementary School converted to public lodging by Yubari Kanko Kaihatsu Co

The quarry void at Hornsby Quarry drops away into darkness

Sidestreet gift store Light coming through broken windowsA narrow sidestreet cuts through the quiet heart of Yubari, overhead power lines forming a dense web against a grey Hokkaido sky. Timber frame buildings line the deserted path, their corrugated steel facades rusted and buckled. Yubari's coal industry sustained a peak population of around 107,972 before the last mine closed in 1990. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.