Sidestreet gift store Looking Down at Ashio

Looking Down at Ashio

B Station Mill Alley at Wangi Wangi

Raw Material Conveyors at Ashio

The radio direction finder receiver on the bridge of MV Cape Don

The quarry void at Hornsby Quarry drops away into darkness

Sidestreet gift store Looking Down at AshioA 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.