Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan · Photographed in Yubari, 2018
A deserted street in Yubari stretches towards the distant Mt Racey. Overgrown verges and weathered power lines hint at the town's past as a bustling mining centre. Silence hangs heavy.
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TypeUnframed
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Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Process
Giclée
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Year photographed
2018
Location
Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan
Printed
Sydney, 2026
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Shot on a NIKON D810, 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8at 60mm, f/7.1,1/125,ISO 400.
About this print
Mount Racey rises behind Yubari, a moderately steep ski mountain with cleared runs visible from the town. In this photograph, the mountain is photographed in summer or early autumn; the slopes are green, the lift cables and pylons visible against the trees. The lower lift station sits in cleared ground at the base of the mountain. The buildings around the station are intact and maintained. Vehicles are parked in the carpark. The mountain is an active facility, not a closed one. The resort sign at the entrance has been recently repainted.
Mount Racey is a ski resort that was developed as part of Yubari's tourism push in the 1980s and 1990s, the city's attempt to replace its coal-industry economy. Most of the resort developments from that period failed and went bankrupt with the city. Mount Racey survived, partly because skiing remained a viable activity for which Hokkaido is broadly known and partly because the operation was small enough to scale to actual demand. The resort still runs today, drawing skiers from Sapporo and elsewhere in Hokkaido. It is one of the few of Yubari's tourism-era investments that still functions as intended. The mountain in this photograph is open for the next season.
From the field notes
The still operational Mt Racey ski resort.
— Brett Patman
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