Ladder heavy a common sight across Yubari's

a common sight across Yubari's residential streetscapes as single-occupancy decay presses against the buildings that remain

operated by Ōtaka Enterprises Co

Light reaches in from windows at the far end

picking out dust motes and the peeling paint of a faded sign above worn steps

Ladder heavy a common sight across Yubari'sA rusted A frame ladder stands near the centre of a workshop at Awaba Colliery, its paint worn to bare metal. Red objects sit on the concrete floor behind it, and a wooden shelving unit lines the left wall below a sign referencing an emery wheel. The mine ran from 1947 until coal reserves were exhausted in 2012. Part of the Awaba Colliery series.