Melon Store Colour:White A brick chimney rises at

A brick chimney rises at one end

the structure had reached advanced dereliction

A concrete walkway cuts across the playground at Macquarie Boys Technology High School

Photographed 2017

Melon Store Colour:White A brick chimney rises atA closed roadside melon direct sales building in Yubari, its roller doors down and green canopy awning torn and sagging. The signage advertising Yubari melon remains bright against a flat grey sky. Yubari King is a GI registered agricultural product, its cultivation tied to the volcanic ash soil and temperature swings of this corner of Hokkaido. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.