Fukinoto ladders Red clay banks rise to

Red clay banks rise to one side

Empty window frames and fractured brickwork mark the exterior of the Portland Cement Works Powerhouse

The vessel is part of an integrated steelmaking complex that has operated continuously since No

Duffys Forest

its brickwork crumbling and windows long since emptied

Fukinoto ladders Red clay banks rise toFukinoto, the butterbur sprout, pushes through bitumen and concrete across Yubari every spring, indifferent to what is built above it. In Hokkaido culture it marks the end of winter, the first green thing after snowmelt. Here it surfaces beside a quiet street, snow still covering the ground. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.