Melon Store sunset Rows of broken seats face

Rows of broken seats face a proscenium arch inside the Akaiwa Cultural Hall

The building opened as Yubari Municipal Asahi Elementary School in 1975

This gear was central to the vessel's work servicing remote lighthouse stations along Australia's coastline from 1963 to 1990

to house the workforce of Chichibu Mine

cardboard boxes flattened across the floor and an office chair left upright among the scattered debris

Melon Store sunset Rows of broken seats faceA closed roadside melon direct sales building in Yubari, its roller doors down and green canopy awning torn and sagging. The signage advertising Yubari melon remains bright against a flat grey sky. Yubari King is a GI registered agricultural product, its cultivation tied to the volcanic ash soil and temperature swings of this corner of Hokkaido. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.