Yubari
In 1888, the city of Yubari was founded on Japans’ northernmost island, Hokkaido, in order to exploit the vast the coal reserves beneath the Sorachi Subprefecture.
Once a jewel in the crown of coal mining Japan, Yubari has undergone a dramatic decline from a coal mining powerhouse, to a shell of its former self, becoming bankrupt and experiencing a population decline of over 90%.
- Shimizusawa Eco-Museum / Shimizusawa Community Gate, a project to develop a town utilizing coal mining heritage in the Shimizusawa district of Yubari City.
- Streetscapes of Yubari photos by Brett Patman.
- Yubari: Withering into truth and From the culture of coal to the cult of caramel
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