Patients Bathroom peters ice cream factory Concrete play structures sit beside

Concrete play structures sit beside a highway overpass in Yubari

The raised stage at the far end sits stripped and open

served families travelling to and from their assigned lighthouse postings and government officials on inspection runs

Seika Dormitory stood sealed in Bunkyo-ku for another six years before demolition in 2013

The contrast is typical of a city that has been quietly rebuilding in places while much of its post-war fabric continues to deteriorate

Patients Bathroom peters ice cream factory Concrete play structures sit besideA porcelain basin, stained and cracked beneath rusted taps, sits against a peeling wall in one of the patient bathroom facilities at Queen Victoria Sanitorium, Wentworth Falls. The complex operated from 1903 until 1999, first as a tuberculosis sanitorium, later as a geriatric hospital. Part of the Queen Victoria Sanitorium series.