Shikanotani Station airconditioner units their precise measurement grids made

their precise measurement grids made redundant long before the photographs were taken

and for the decade that followed

1 km branch connecting Shin-Yubari to Yubari

Corrugated iron and hardwood timber frame a space built for hard seasonal work

Shikanotani Station airconditioner units their precise measurement grids madeShikanotani Station stands on the now closed Yubari branch line, its platform edged by overgrown track and rust working steadily through the metalwork. Forty years before the 2016 photograph, this building served as Yubari's main railway terminus. The branch line operated for 127 years before closing on 1 April 2019. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.