Yume Size:S one of several timber-framed false-front

one of several timber-framed false-front facades built to replicate 1880s American main-street architecture

000 residents

dry grass standing chest-high between the buildings

coated in dust and discoloured with age

thick with accumulated flour dust

Yume Size:S one of several timber-framed false-frontA painted stairwell tower marked with the kanji , "dream", stands between two vacant apartment blocks on an empty road in Yubari. Bare birch trees line the verge and snow patches remain on the asphalt. At its peak in 1960, Yubari held more than 107,000 residents; fewer than 6,000 remain today. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.