Dining Table Size:L from 1957 until 28 March

from 1957 until 28 March 2010

the treads grey and splintered

It served as a school for eight years

Faded garments hang on a washing line inside a deteriorating room in the Ogurawa settlement's company housing

Dining Table Size:L from 1957 until 28 MarchDust coats a dining table and chairs inside a company residence at the Ogurawa settlement, Nichitsu Mining Village, the remote community in Saitama Prefecture that housed the families of Chichibu Mine workers at its peak. The settlement emptied after metal extraction ceased in 1978, with its last permanent resident leaving in September 2006. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.