Kurobeno Taiyo pastel Part of the Seika Dormitory

Part of the Seika Dormitory series

its corrugated iron roof rusted to deep ochre and orange beneath the sun

and a weathered bowser

Port Kembla Steelworks has been producing iron this way since No

Kurobeno Taiyo pastel Part of the Seika DormitoryWeathered buildings line a quiet road in Yubari, Hokkaido, their faded signs catching afternoon sun. The street sits within the broader commercial fabric of a city that once supported more than 100,000 residents at the peak of its coal industry. Yubari filed for fiscal rehabilitation in 2007, carrying debt of approximately 35. 3 billion yen, and its population has continued to fall in the years since. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.