architecture

A field of weeds with a low-lying building with a tall brickwork chimney in its center in the distance.

A closeup of the building with the chimney, showing its corrugated metal siding.

A two-story building with slate roof and vines adorning the face of the second-story wall, with green and red bunting over the entrance, and a sign reading (in English translation) “Mah-Jong.”

A modern building bearing a sign reading “Kitaogi Meeting Place” (北小木集会所)

The wall of a two-story utilitarian structure painted beige and bathed in fluorescent light. A row of bicycles is parked along the wall, and a collapsed folding bicycle is locked to a pillar near the wall, with a ratty red backpack on the ground next to it.

A two-story building with slate roof and vines adorning the face of the second-story wall, with green and red bunting over the entrance, and a sign reading (in English translation) “Mah-Jong.”

A field of weeds with a low-lying building with a tall brickwork chimney in its center in the distance.

A closeup of the building with the chimney, showing its corrugated metal siding.

A two-story concrete building, with a four-story tiled box set over its corner for decorative effect, with a window in the side facing the street resembling a funnel or conical cut-out

A paved road rises up through a woodland. To the right of the road there is a cabin structure with a sign reading “Woodworking instruction walking trail” 木工教室・遊歩道