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Lounge at Kinugawa Kan, a place of quiet luxury, now lost to time.

Theme · 194 prints

Japan

Photographed 2012 - 2016

Frames 194

Camera NIKON D810 · NIKON D7000

Location Tochigi, Japan · Hokkaido, Japan · Kyoto, Japan · Ishikawa, Japan · Saitama, Japan

03 PRINTS

Prints in this collection

Lounge at Kinugawa Kan, a place of quiet luxury, now lost to time.

Kappa Onsen at Kinugawa Kan, the heart of Kinugawa Kan’s Kappa Onsen, now silent and dry.

Balcony Looking Downstream at Kinugawa Kan, perched on the crumbling balcony of Kinugawa Kan, the view down the valley.

Balcony Looking Downstream

Guest Room at Kinugawa Kan, a low chabudai table sits at the centre of the room, zaisu chairs still positioned around it.

Entry Level Guest Room at Kinugawa Kan, the most modest accommodation in the hotel, these rooms once offered a simpler stay.

Entry Level Guest Room

Aoiike at Landscapes, dead birch and larch stand upright in opaque turquoise water.

Decaying Tuition Room at Family School Fureai, two chairs sit at a pedestal table against a bay window.

Decaying Tuition Room

Gymnasium at Family School Fureai, a thick climbing rope lies coiled across the gymnasium floor like something shed.

Three Windows at Shimizusawa Thermal Power Plant, three tall windows line the control room wall, their steel-mullioned.

Old vs New at Streetscapes of Yubari, a residents car sits parked in the middle of the street between houses.

Ball Mill Outlet at Ashio Copper Mine, a large ball mill sits at the centre of the processing hall, its open bore facing.

Ball Mill Outlet

Cafeteria at Family School Fureai, the floor of the former dining area has taken on green tinge from the algae growing.

Boarded Public Housing at Streetscapes of Yubari, rusting park equipment sits in the foreground of former public housing.

Boarded Public Housing

Charred Piano at Seika Dormitory, this piano was almost entirely burnt by the fire.

Meters at Shimizusawa Thermal Power Plant, a metre board salvaged from the former control room.

Engawa at Kinugawa Kan, framed by shoji screens, this was once a place of quiet retreat - a small sitting room where guests.

Classroom at Family School Fureai, a tatami mat flooring of one of the classrooms also used as a sleeping area.

Void at Ashio Copper Mine, steel trusses span the full width of the processing hall, rising three storeys above a bare.

Reflection at Kuwashima Hospital, a lone hospital trolley stands motionless, its rusted frame reflected in the still water.

Operating Table at Kuwashima Hospital, a seven-lamp surgical light hangs over the operating table at the centre of the room.

Operating Table

Nissan Car Dealership at Streetscapes of Yubari, a former car showroom and dealership sit opposite the former driving school.

Nissan Car Dealership

Snack Bar Elite at Streetscapes of Yubari, the roof of the building has collapsed under the weight of the snow build up.

Snack Bar Elite

Bedroom at Nichitsu Mining Village, a traditional Japanese washitsu.

Matsuya at Streetscapes of Yubari, this building was possibly accommodation.

Yubari Driving School at Streetscapes of Yubari, the building which the former driving school was run from.

Yubari Driving School

Ken House at Streetscapes of Yubari, a variety shop for girls in Shimizusawa, where usic constantly plays from a store.

Wooden Panels at Streetscapes of Yubari, several attempts have been made to patch up holes in the side of the building.

Honcho Shotenagi at Streetscapes of Yubari, the main shopping Street of Yubari.

Honcho Shotenagi

Public Housing and Storage at Streetscapes of Yubari, a driveway between a now abandoned public housing block.

Public Housing and Storage

Mt Racey at Streetscapes of Yubari, the still operational Mt Racey ski resort.

Water Slide at Streetscapes of Yubari, the broken water slide and pool of the former coal mining amusement park.

Park Play Equipment at Streetscapes of Yubari, play equipment decaying in the elements.

Park Play Equipment

Public Housing Driveway at Streetscapes of Yubari, a driveway dividing two abandoned blocks of public housing.

Public Housing Driveway

Waiting Area at Family School Fureai, a small room which joined two parts of the school.

Bathroom Hall at Family School Fureai, a hallway which runs the section of the school housing the boys and girls bathrooms.

Moss Carpet at Family School Fureai, this former classroom has been severely damaged by water ingress through the ceiling.

Piano at Family School Fureai, this piano is so far beyond a retune.

School Room at Family School Fureai, pieces of the ceiling have fallen to the floor, and the flooring has separated.

Tatami Mats at Family School Fureai, a room with tatami mats on which residents would sleep while boarding at the school.

Study Room at Family School Fureai, a private tuition room which has fared pretty well given the state of the rest.

Kitchen at Family School Fureai, sunlight illuminates the kitchen of a Family School Fureai, photographed in 2016.

Chair Storage Area at Family School Fureai, an area to the side of the cafeteria where dining chairs were packed away after.

Chair Storage Area

Cash Register at Family School Fureai, a vintage cash register sits abandoned in the former Family School Fureai.

Girls Yokosou at Family School Fureai, the bathing stools are broken and strewn across the room amongst broken glass.

Corridor at Family School Fureai, a passage which led along the badly ruined lower level of the building, running past.

Drying Room at Kuwashima Hospital, a quiet, empty room where walls and ceiling bear the marks of years of neglect.

Rehabilitation Equipment at Kuwashima Hospital, a modulation control panel lines the left wall, its frequency dials.

Rehabilitation Equipment

Chemical Storage at Kuwashima Hospital, a glass-fronted cabinet lines the left wall, its sliding panels removed and leaned.

Chemical Storage

Rehabilitation Waiting Room at Kuwashima Hospital, piles of bound books fill most of the space, stacked neatly yet.

Rehabilitation Waiting Room

Locker Room at Kuwashima Hospital, steel lockers line the left wall, doors wrenched open or hanging at angles.

Doctors Office at Kuwashima Hospital, a dark blue vinyl couch sits against the far wall, its surface covered in a fine grey.

Weights at Kuwashima Hospital, a rehabilitation frame stands at the centre of the room, its green-painted castors rusted.

Bath at Kuwashima Hospital, a stainless steel hydrotherapy bath sits recessed into a tiled platform.

Toilet at Kuwashima Hospital, small blue-green mosaic tiles line the walls of a narrow washroom.

Staircase at Kuwashima Hospital, concrete steps climb a narrow stairwell toward a single bright opening.

Kuwashima Hospital at Kuwashima Hospital, a three-storey concrete building stands facing the road.

Kuwashima Hospital

Kitchen And Dining Room at Kuwashima Hospital, a kitchen table sits centre-room, covered in a checked cloth gone grey.

Kitchen And Dining Room

Another Kitchen at Seika Dormitory, you can see the smoke residue covering the walls and the fridge in this shot.

Another Kitchen

Dormitory First Level at Seika Dormitory, you can get an idea of how damaging the fire that swept through the building was.

Dormitory First Level

Books at Seika Dormitory, some textbooks on a windowsill of one of the dormitory rooms.

04 ABOUT THE PRINTS

How they’re made

Paper

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Sizes

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Production

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