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Japanese manhole covers are true art. Cities battle for the best designs and tourists learn more about a region when looking down at them.
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For the past few years, Japanese photographer S. Morita has traveled throughout Japan photographing an unexpected subject: manhole covers. The catch is that manhole covers in Japan tend to be absolutely beautiful. Japanese municipalities compete to adorn their manhole covers with beautiful and colorful patterns, each more wonderful than the last.
For many years, photographer S. Morita has been documenting the often beautiful designs found on manhole covers in Japan
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One of the coolest attraction in Japan lies beneath the feet. All across the country, manhole covers are custom made for individual towns an...
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Japanese manhole covers are true art. Cities battle for the best designs and tourists learn more about a region when looking down at them.
One of my favorite book discoveries this summer is Drainspotting by Remo Camerota. The book celebrates an array of fascinating manhole cover designs from Japan. According to Camerota, nearly 95% of the 1,780 municipalities in Japan have their very own customized manhole covers. The country has elevated this humble, practical object to its […]
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Japan is a country full of amazing art. Some of it is housed within museums and galleries while others are right underneath our feet. I’m talking, of course, about Japan’s peculiar obsession with manhole covers. Just about anywhere in the country you can find stylized manhole covers, each more beautiful and intricate than the next. For the past several years photographer S. Morita has traveled around Japan photographing artistic manhole covers. As to why this phenomenon developed, signs point to a high-ranking bureaucrat in the construction ministry who, in 1985, came up with the idea of allowing municipalities to design their own manhole covers. More
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Manhole covers with colorful designs depicting local characters or scenic and historical spots have become a popular attraction for both Japanese and international tourists. Spots of beauty can be found literally underfoot. Find 12 top designs here, and an introduction to collectible “manhole cards.”
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