Looking Out crate its southern interior open to

its southern interior open to natural light through deteriorating walls

Utility at Waterfall

Brick columns run the length of the Malthouse Two basement

undisturbed since the wildlife park closed in 2006

The bush has been reclaiming it ever since

Looking Out crate its southern interior open toA weathered window frame in the Ogurawa settlement opens onto the dense mountain forest pressing in from the upper Nakatsugawa valley. The Ogurawa settlement was built by Nitchitsu Co. Ltd. to house the workforce of Chichibu Mine, once the only significant metal mine in Saitama Prefecture. The last permanent resident left in September 2006. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.