Japanese manhole covers
Here are a few links to photo collections of Japanese manhole covers.
- Okachin Manhole Cover Gallery: This collection of 1,000+ manhole cover photos is organized by prefecture. Use the links on the left side of the page to navigate the site.
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- Flickr Pool — Japanese Manhole Covers: Over 400 great photos here.
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- Design Manhole Collection: To use this interactive map, click a prefecture and then click the town names in the grid on the following page to display the manholes for that area. Click each photo to enlarge.
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- Manhole Map: This interactive map by the Journal of Sewerage Monthly contains hundreds of photos organized by prefecture and town. Click a prefecture on the map, and then click the links on the following page to display the manhole covers for each town.
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- Kyoto Manhole Covers: The Kyoto prefecture website has several dozen photos of manhole covers used in towns around the prefecture. Click each photo to enlarge.
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- Manhole Blog: Lots of manhole cover photos from northern Japan. Use the ???? (“previous page”) link in the bottom-left corner to scroll through the site.
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- Manhole Box: Six pages of manhole cover photos.
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- Google image search for Manhole/ Manhole cover/ Design manhole: Lots more here.
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What’s with the friggin swastika? I know the Japs liked the Krauts in the deuce, but Jesus. Update your shit Japan.
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It’s the sign for a buddhist temple which dates back many thousands of years, much older than the swastika.
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The Swastika pre-dates the Second World War thousands of years. Besides the symbol you see on that manhole isn’t a regular swastika, but a “sauwastika”.
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i think you better update your shit man , this symbol predates the nazi version by thousands of years. the symbol is reversed if you noticed. it is seen in many statues of the buddha, in the place of his heart….too bad it has been so mistaken….it will never be the same…..very sad indeed.
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Ummm…Chauvinista, how about you get YOUR OWN shit straight? That ’swastika’ has nothing to do with the Nazis. It’s an ancient Hindu/Buddhist symbol from India that existed thousands of years before Hitler came along and bastardized it. It’s known as ‘manji’ in Japan, where it’s commonly seen at Buddhist temples. And it’s widely used in Asia. Sorry, no relation to Nazi Germany. why not educate yourself a little? Jesus. >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
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Looks like katana’s tsuba ;)
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Qué detalles¡¡¡¡, son únicos los japoneses… muy buen post…saludos for Spain
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I love this type of creativity in small places without getting claustraphobic
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Great site. Thanks to whoever is responsible for it. Take a look at my site and consider linking me up. I do lots of manhole rubbings in Japan which can be found on my site according to their prefecture, Chhers,
Carl
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Here is my site
http://manholeart.info/
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hi carl, can anybody do rubbings ? do you need permission?
love your stuff!! adam
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Actually I saw similar manhole covers in China. I guess it’s a pan-Asian thing.
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Me descubro el cráneo, que dirían en luces de Bohemia. Yo también hice fotos de alcantarillas en la tierra del sol naciente, pero estas son de chuparse los dedos.
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These are all very clean. The kaminoyama one is pretty cool.
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