{"id":20738,"date":"2018-08-21T12:52:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T11:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/?p=20738"},"modified":"2018-08-11T16:10:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T15:10:48","slug":"manhole-covers-japan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/21\/manhole-covers-japan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhole covers: Japanese streetwear"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? 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height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchi-e1533999456652-510x680.jpg 510w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchi-e1533999456652-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchi-e1533999456652-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchi-e1533999456652-423x564.jpg 423w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchi-e1533999456652-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchi-e1533999456652-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchi-e1533999456652-720x960.jpg 720w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchi-e1533999456652-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchi-e1533999456652-390x520.jpg 390w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchi-e1533999456652-780x1040.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Japanese manholes aren&#8217;t everyone&#8217;s idea of Japanese art, but these creative and unique sewer covers can be found in most of Japan&#8217;s 809 cities. Each design represents a certain aspect of the area such as the environment, history and traditions, or local people.<\/p>\n<p>The most elaborate manhole covers are finely detailed and even coloured, all in a bid to make the sewage system more appealing. What a way to find beauty in even the dirtiest of places! They reflect core Japanese values; cleanliness, attention to detail and presentation, and bringing opposing elements together &#8211; it\u2019s not uncommon to see an old shrine lodged between big modern buildings in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Tourists: Collecting covers<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium-plus-size wp-image-20745\" src=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchiko-510x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchiko-510x680.jpg 510w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchiko-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchiko-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchiko-423x564.jpg 423w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchiko-720x960.jpg 720w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchiko-390x520.jpg 390w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchiko-780x1040.jpg 780w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kawaguchiko.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Tourists and Japanese people alike love discovering new designs in different regions. Collecting manhole cover pictures is so popular that the Gesuido Koho Platform Group even released manhole cards, each with a picture of the cover, the geographic coordinates, and an explanation of the design. Since the project launched in April 2016, more than 220 designs from 46 different prefectures in Japan can be collected, and more than 1 million cards have been issued to date, handed out by local city offices.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Manhole cover blogs<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium-plus-size wp-image-20751\" src=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-510x383.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-510x383.jpg 510w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-564x423.jpg 564w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sapporo-780x585.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The manhole craze doesn&#8217;t stop there. People are dedicating blogs to manhole cover pictures, some with around 6,000! Tour companies offer bus tours to see manhole covers (and collect the cards), and there\u2019s even a yearly public manhole summit\u2026 So, as you embark on your Japanese adventure, don&#8217;t forget to look down. You never know what you might find.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>47regions &#8211; T-shirt designs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium-plus-size wp-image-20748\" src=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-510x287.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-510x287.png 510w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-564x317.png 564w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-900x506.png 900w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-1440x810.png 1440w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-390x219.png 390w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Main-Image-780x439.png 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kevin and Steven, two Irishmen who have lived in Japan for years, started screen printing some of these beautiful designs on to t-shirts. 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