Here’s a cool manhole cover I found.

I’m not sure if this was intended, but after a little rain, the boat is literally gliding across the water 🥹

#ManholeCover #manhole #japan

@FlockOfCats neat

@FlockOfCats Looks lovely !!

@FlockOfCats i had no idea people were so into manhole covers but every time you post or boost one it gets a bunch of boosts and i think it’s lovely 😄

@FlockOfCats is that depicting the “kawa kudari” in Kyoto?

@pippa
I did that a couple.of.yars ago on Twitter and Manholes were a hot topic always 😅
Not really sure why, I guess there are no other countries that put that much love in making them ^^
@FlockOfCats

@rick this is in Chiba, but not sure exactly what it’s depicting 😮

@Fripi @pippa

Yeah they do well, probably for the reason fripi mentioned.

Personally, I love them! And I always keep my eye peeled when I go somewhere new 🤓

@FlockOfCats there are SO MANY manholes, amazing. I found text about this one (for which there's a color version too): 【デザインの由来】（マンホールカード裏面の文章） この絵柄は｢江戸川と矢切の渡し｣の風景をデザインしたものです｡松戸市は千葉県の北西部に位置し､江戸川を挟んで東京都と埼玉県に接しています｡江戸川は古くから人々に親しまれている憩いの場です｡矢切の渡しは､市内の観光名所であり､江戸時代初期に徳川幕府によって始められてから､約400年後の今も続く江戸川で唯一の渡し舟です｡1993年(平成5年)に市制施行50周年を迎えたことを記念して｢江戸川｣と｢矢切の渡し｣をモチーフとしたデザインのマンホールが誕生しました｡ぜひ､歴史ある手漕ぎの渡し舟に乗って､水辺からの風景を堪能してみてください｡ rojonomanhole.web.fc2.com/chiba/mat...

@rickcogley in between my bizarre trainspotting photo sessions, I developed a little secret hobby of taking pictures of the manhole covers in every new city I’d visit in Japan. Then one day I looked up and noticed every one was doing it, and became uninterested for a spell 🙄