Shirokita Bus Settlement dioram

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Residents who saw their homes reduced to ashes by fires following World War II were provided with a type of temporary accommodation called the 1948 Shirokita Bus Settlement;\nMost of central Osaka lay in ruins after successive air raids ravaged the area during World War 2. Following the war, Osaka City sprang into action, constructing temporary housing and repurposing public facilities such as schools, dormitories, and barracks to provide shelter for those who had lost everything. In one remarkable instance, old buses fueled by charcoal were converted into cozy homes;\nThe Museum of Housing and Living