Osarizawa Mine Smelter and Ore Dressing Plant Ruins
The ruins of the smelter and ore dressing plant of the Osarizawa Mine, once said to be the finest in the East. Moss-covered concrete colonnades are wrapped in mountain mist, and below them settling ponds filled with emerald-colored water spread out quietly. The ruins, which bear the memory of industry, are slowly returning to the green and water of nature, creating a dreamlike space.
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Nearby liminal spaces
- Osarizawa Mine (0.5 km)
- Former Matsuo Mine Apartment Ruins (31 km)
- Lopia Hirosaki Store (52 km)
- Iwate Bank Red Brick Building (Former Morioka Bank Head Office) (64 km)
- Aomori Museum of Art (70 km)
- Seikan Ferry Memorial Ship Hakkoda Maru (72 km)
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