Hill View australia The former Asahi Elementary School

The former Asahi Elementary School building was converted to group lodging in the mid-1990s

A piano stands on the floor of a disused room inside the former Family School Fureai building in Yubari

the officers who passed through this room kept Australia's coastal navigation network running across 27 years of government service

The quarry void at Hornsby Quarry drops away into darkness

and light snow falls across the scene

Hill View australia The former Asahi Elementary SchoolA residential street climbs the hillside in Yubari, Hokkaido, timber frame homes lining the road, their dark windows and faded cladding set against a grey winter sky. These dwellings were built to house mining families during the decades when Yubari supported a workforce of tens of thousands. Coal production ended in 1990, and the population has been falling ever since. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.