Sidestreet gift store the former Yubari Municipal Asahi

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

B Station Mill Alley at Wangi Wangi

Looking Down at Ashio

Control Room at Ashio

Alarm Indicator Panel at Wangi Wangi

Sidestreet gift store the former Yubari Municipal AsahiA 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.