Yubari Backstreet powerlines Built in 1927 to house

Built in 1927 to house Taiwanese students studying in Tokyo

Corrugated iron and hardwood timber frame a space built for hard seasonal work

Coal was gravity-fed from roof-level bunkers into the boilers below

This is what remains of a commercial strip that once served a city of more than 107

Yubari Backstreet powerlines Built in 1927 to houseA narrow backstreet in Yubari runs between a two storey timber clad building and a rendered shopfront, grass pushing through at the kerb edge. Utility poles and a steep hillside fill the background. The street sits within a city that once housed more than 100,000 people and now holds fewer than 6,000. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.