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21‏/09‏/2014

魅惑の工場夜景

眠らない街　工場の夜

By Masayoshi Hirose

Community writer

'The Silver Castle' (Mizushima Industrial Complex)

The view from the Washu-yama Skyline (Mt. Washu Expressway). Factories are shining in the dark and a thin veil of smog covers them from above

The Mizushima Industrial Complex at midnight

Pipeline of a paper factory located in Shikoku-chuo city in Ehime prefecture. There was a smell unique to pulp chips, and their fine particles hung in the air

Metallic, dull light like this always captures my mind

The night view of Tokuyama Industrial Region in Shunan city, Yamaguchi prefecture, seen from Mt. Taika. At night, there is no light on the top of the mountain and the only things you feel and hear are an intermittent breeze and the cries of night birds. But if you look into the distance you'll see the bustling view of lights and activity

A line of factories at Tokuyama Industrial Region continues close to the estuary on the opposite riverbank

Tokuyama Industrial Region in Shunan city, Yamaguchi prefecture, viewed from halfway up Mt. Taika

ここは工場群！夜になると煌々と輝き始め、暗闇の世界に浮き上って来る街並み。煙突やパイプライン、工場建屋がこの照明に照らされ、鈍く反射してメタリック調に輝いている。その姿は決して眠らない不夜城だ！かつては日本の高度経済成長を支え続けたプラントや工場地帯、黄金都市のように浮び上ったエリアだが、近年続いて来た経済鈍化の為の生産縮小、コスト削減の為の海外生産拠点移転など何処も徐々にこの魅惑の灯りが小さくなって来ているのだ。これも時代の流れであろうが、少しでも長く眺め続けていたいものである。

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