Genkan Type:Unframed Coal production ended in 1990

Coal production ended in 1990

This sub-basement level once supported the engine house that

debris covers the timber floor below

When Yubari filed for fiscal rehabilitation in 2007

Peeling paint and industrial residue coat the walls of a space that once handled Holden aftersales work for Sydney's North Shore

Genkan Type:Unframed Coal production ended in 1990A genkan inside the Ogurawa settlement, a pair of shoes left on the step under a layer of dust, the entryway open to fading light. Company housing at Chichibu Mine served a community of workers and families who built their lives around the mine's fortunes. When metal extraction ceased in 1978, families began leaving; the last permanent resident departed in September 2006. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.