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Japanese manhole gaiety!

Postby Taro Toporific » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:27 pm

For your New Years gaiety....[floatl]Image[/floatl]
...the hole story behind Japan's manholes...
....new community Web site called Ittemia Zensen, started in August this year and featuring pictures of manhole covers from various regions of Japan and details on their location......more...
---Mainichi News 2008dec27

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Postby Behan » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:42 am

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His [Brendan Behan's] last words were to several nuns standing over his bed, "God bless you, may your sons all be bishops."
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Postby Greji » Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:24 pm

Behan wrote:Image


Well, it's a slow night, the barkeep's about to call time and there's no other action available......
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:30 pm

Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -- Mark Twain
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Postby GuyJean » Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:46 pm

I like my Nazi Manholes with Apples and Super Mushrooms.. :p

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Re: Japanese manhole gaiety!

Postby Taro Toporific » Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:17 pm

More gaiety from Tokyo, the city with an anus on their flag and manholes.
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https://twitter.com/JapanistasCom/status/712472213002260480

View the full report at japanistas.com/en/archives/63510 or just view their video.

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Re: Japanese manhole gaiety!

Postby BigInJapan » Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:34 pm

No swastikas here, but there's a nifty castle illustration on the manhole covers in a town near me.
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Re: Japanese manhole gaiety!

Postby Taro Toporific » Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am

BigInJapan wrote:No swastikas here, but there's a nifty castle illustration on the manhole covers in a town near me.


The Ghost Pope cover of Hachiōji Tokyo is a creepfest.

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東京都八王子市の蓋。東京都の無形文化財に指定されている「八王子車人形」。
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