lcuy

For years, my family has laughed as I photograph the manhole covers in Japan. I always joke about prying them out of the street and taking one home, though It would have to be one of the tiny ones. Now I find out searching for manholes is a "thing", and I am officially a Drainspotter.!

Japanese manhole covers, a factory tour ? ONLY in JAPAN | The Kid Should See This

lcuy

One of my favorites

Michael

Check out these Flickr groups:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2045408@N21/

https://www.flickr.com/groups/manhole/

CounterClifton

Those are really clever!

burta

I found them fascinating as well. Here are a few from Hokkaido.



Sapporo Clock Tower


Hakodate is famous for it's squid/

burta

The cranes of Kushiro.


Sapporo

Mara

This is from Washinosato, a paper-making village near Takefu in Echizen, Fukui

lcuy

Love the squid, Mara! And Washinosato's is beautiful! I love how they can get so much detail and motion in these 110 pound slabs of cast metal, especially when you think of how many cars and truck they have to support every day.

Mara

Thanks, lcuy, mine is Washinosato, but the squid was Burta's not mine...lol....it's a bit hard to read posts with photos - I think they could definitely be smaller....

I want to make an album of manhole covers from around Japan but haven't gotten around to it.

Kathie

Wonderful photos! I wish I would have paid more attention when we were run Japan!

HappyTrvlr

Thanks for alerting me to these by your post. Heading to Japan in March and April and will certainly be on tne lookout for them. Thanks for the head’s up.

progol

I love them! What a wonderful series! So beautiful - elegance in the most mundane or pragmatic object..

marvelousmouse

Wow, how great!

I didn’t notice the manhole covers, and I’ll have to go drainspotting next time. But there are so many mundane things that are unexpectedly adorable or beautiful in Japan.

kja

Thanks for reminding me of some of the delightful things I saw while in Japan, and providing glorious pictures of the manhole covers from cities I have yet to visit -- so enticing!

burta

These were wonderful. I only had time to see ten pages, so I'll have to go back some time. There are thousands of manhole covers!

jacketwatch

Thank you for all those cool pics. When we were in Japan I looked up and around but not down. Missed them all.

ileen

Thanks for sharing the photos.
Brought back wonderful memories of my trips to Japan. I had noticed and admired them while I was there.
Japan is just such a beautiful and artistic country.

kappa1

From Okyama
The famous story of Momotaro ( Peach - boy/man ), Momotaro with his 3 "men", a monkey, a dog and a phesant.

kappa1

That was OkAyama ! My first post with a photo here.
And this is the same one but coloured.

kappa1

This must be Nara.