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A selection of barns and other buildings in Hokkaido. These buildings typically have a similar lifespan to their owners - the two often live and die together. As the owners age they become unable to maintain the buildings, and are often unable to pay the building tax, and the buildings are demolished. Modern buildings are mass produced, efficient but characterless compared to the individual hand made barns that they eventually replace.