Shopfront mezzanine its surface stripped back through

its surface stripped back through layers of industrial paint to bare metal and rust beneath

Balcony at Pyrmont

picking out peeling paint and rust-stained concrete on surfaces that once sat above the heat of a working steam-driven dairy plant

Seika Dormitory stood sealed in Bunkyo-ku for another six years before demolition in 2013

Shopfront mezzanine its surface stripped back throughA green beauty salon sign still clings to the upper facade of a two storey commercial building in Yubari, the awning below it torn and collapsed, curtains hanging behind cracked glass. The shopfront is gutted. In a city whose population fell from a peak of around 107,972 to fewer than 6,000 today, this building is one of hundreds. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.