Study Room red brick Seika Dormitory was built in

Seika Dormitory was built in 1927 by the Gakuso Foundation on state land in Kohinata

rust blooming in patches where decades of weather have worked through the metal

South East Control Room at Yubari

light pushing through a broken window onto disused fixtures

milling operations had ceased and the site awaited redevelopment

Study Room red brick Seika Dormitory was built inA CRT monitor and keyboard sit on a low timber table over deteriorating tatami, shoji windows shattered behind them, curtains hanging in strips. This was company housing in the Ogurawa settlement, built and operated by Nitchitsu Co. Ltd. to support the Chichibu Mine workforce. The settlement was uninhabited from September 2006. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.