Genkan sportsbet derelict fixtures standing under years

derelict fixtures standing under years of accumulated industrial dust

their colours still bright against the surrounding decay

The building served the children of Chichibu Mine's workforce from 1952 until it closed in March 1984

and machinery for the southern Monaro tablelands

Genkan sportsbet derelict fixtures standing under yearsA 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.