Hardware Shop Demolition

The hardware shop on the right is being prepared for demolition. The shop on the right is a drugstore. The red lettering says kusuri in hiragana. It means "medicine".

This is the old hardware store.

Some old buildings need to be demolished. See the big crack in the middle? It looks like the building has been weakened. Still, it's sad to see it go.

Preparing the Hardware Shop

See all of those metal shutters? When the shop was open, the shutters were opened for business.
These ladies walked into my picture. They are wearing funeral clothes.

For the demolition, poles were placed around the shop. Workers will hang pieces of canvas from the poles.

First, they drilled holes into the concrete walk around the shop for the poles.

Details of the Hardware Shop

Cornerstone covered in tiles.

Click on the picture to enlarge. This is an awning to shade the shop's windows. It is opened and closed by pulling the chains on the left. What is that reflected in the window?

Roof tiles.

Window guards on the upstairs living area.