Manhole Cover From Ginza Tokyo
Just like street trees , there's a whole world of Web content related to manhole covers in Tokyo . And for good reason. Above is a photo of one of the many covers that I came across on my walks around the Ginza neighborhood on my recent trip to Tokyo. Based on this post from Japan Visitor , is either a combined sewage system or water supply cover and has the four icons in the middle light up in colors of orange, green and blue. And the variety of covers that one could come across in Tokyo are there by design. Literally. From this story Japan Wonderland comes this description : According to some sources, in the late 1980s, there was a Construction Specialist from the Public Sewer Division, Ministry of Construction who advocated the use original designs for each municipality in the hope that it would improve the image of the sewage industry and make it more appealing to the general community. Everyone seemed to think that that’s a great idea. Almost every year compe