Public Bath lamps Cement Mill Duct at Kandos

Cement Mill Duct at Kandos

A bedroom chair sits in one of Seika Dormitory's lower-floor rooms

rust streaking down weathered panels after years of exposure

Rows of chairs fill the dress circle of Marina Picture Palace

its painted walls peeling back through layers of colour applied over nearly a century of continuous use

Public Bath lamps Cement Mill Duct at KandosRusting pipes trace the walls of the public bathhouse at Nichitsu Mining Village, broken tiles scattered across the floor beneath. This shared facility served the Ogurawa settlement's workforce under Nitchitsu Co. Ltd., where workers without private bathrooms in the concrete apartment blocks came to wash after shifts underground. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.