Post Office
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D810
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 14mm · f/9.0 · 2s · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Within Western Village, the old post office reveals its past. Paint flakes from the counter. A solitary light fixture hangs from the ceiling. Dust settles on every surface, preserving a moment in time.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Post Office
- Series
- Western Village
- Catalogue
- WVI-011
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 19 February 2014
- Camera
- NIKON D810
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/9.0
- Shutter
- 2s s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 14 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Nasu-Shiobara, Tochigi, Japan
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
Nasu-Shiobara, Tochigi, Japan
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A wax figure sits at a timber desk inside a small post office recreation. Broad-brimmed hat, waistcoat, ink pot, paper in hand. Behind the figure, a wooden pigeon-hole mail sorter hangs on the tongue-and-groove wall, a few labels still visible in its slots. Dried vines creep through gaps in the panelling. A framed photograph tilts on the service counter. The leather seat of the visitor's chair has split open. Leaf litter and debris cover the floorboards.
Brett Patman
The series
Western Village
Western Village began life in the early 1970s as Kinugawa Ranch, a family-owned country camp near Nikkō in Tochigi Prefecture. In 1975 it was rebuilt as a Western American themed amusement park: replica saloon, hotel, barbershop, bank, blacksmith, sheriff's office, chapel, two haunted houses, and a "mystery shack" with slanted interiors. Animatronic figures populated the buildings; live shows included whip cracking and apple-shooting. At its peak it drew close to a million visitors a year. Continuing investment outpaced revenue; the entrance fee was cut from ¥2,400 to ¥1,500 with little effect. The creditor NIS Group filed for foreclosure in April 2007. The animatronic figures are still in place.
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