House colouds their corrugated iron roofs streaked

their corrugated iron roofs streaked with rust and their frames bowing under decades of weather

The 88-metre platform at Bombala Railway Station stretches away under a corrugated iron awning

their weathered timber and flaking paint a record of slow retreat from industry

a site that produced cement from 1902 until November 1991

its rusted bars thick and unyielding against the deteriorating structure around it

House colouds their corrugated iron roofs streakedA two storey timber house in Yubari, its upper storey wrapped in rusted corrugated steel and its lower walls shedding blue paint in long strips. Bare branches press against the facade; debris and broken timber collect at the front. The post war mining town vernacular that once housed tens of thousands across Hokkaido's Sorachi coalfields, now standing largely empty. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.