Genkan Type:Unframed This shared facility served the

This shared facility served the Ogurawa settlement's workforce under Nitchitsu Co

debris covers the timber floor below

the steam-driven plant once ran four Babcock and Wilcox boilers

sunlight pressing through grimy windows onto the wreckage below

Genkan Type:Unframed This shared facility served theA genkan inside the Ogurawa settlement, a pair of shoes left on the step under a layer of dust, the entryway open to fading light. Company housing at Chichibu Mine served a community of workers and families who built their lives around the mine's fortunes. When metal extraction ceased in 1978, families began leaving; the last permanent resident departed in September 2006. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.