Mountain View bunkers Peeling paint and corroded fixtures

Peeling paint and corroded fixtures mark the passage of decades since this space served the factory workforce

A steel workbench on castors stands against the far wall beneath a corrugated iron ceiling

A red metal ladder leans against the wall to the right

500 patients against a designed capacity of 600 to 766

Mountain View bunkers Peeling paint and corroded fixturesA row of empty desks faces a wall of grimy windows, the mountain landscape beyond pressing close against the glass. This classroom sat inside Family School Fureai, the former Yubari Municipal Asahi Elementary School, a reinforced concrete three storey building that opened in 1975 and closed as a school eight years later. Part of the Family School Fureai series.