Shimizusawa Elementary School Size:XS and deep fryers line the

and deep fryers line the left side

Steel lockers line the far wall

the treads grey and splintered

Layers of paint and plaster peel from the wall of Female Ward 9

held by the Eccleston family from the early 1860s to the mid-1920s

Shimizusawa Elementary School Size:XS and deep fryers line theShimizusawa Elementary School sits vacant in Yubari, its rendered facade weathered and windows dark. The building is one of many public institutions emptied as Yubari's population fell from a peak of 107,972 in 1960 to fewer than 6,000 today. From 22 elementary schools at the city's height, Yubari had consolidated to a single primary school by the end of 2010. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.