Japanese man hole covers

[AsahinaKimi]

more...
http://www.booooooom.com/2012/05/16/beautiful-japanese-manhole-covers/

[Wilms]

1. So beautiful!

I really respect, let alone appreciate, when a culture or community takes the time and makes the effort to do such things.

Thanks for sharing, Kimi!

[arcane1]

2. Cool! They should do this in SF too

We occasionally have fancy crosswalks, or mushroom-painted gas-line things (whatever they are), but one can never have too much beautification

[byronius]

3. That's wonderful. Reminds me of early Boulder.

Gray and black should never be the standard public colors. Very boring.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. SO beautiful!!! I love the look of these

who'd a thunk, bas-relief iron discs as an art medium?

[kcass1954]

5. Bookmarking to look at when I get home.

(Can't see $hit on my phone.)

[iemitsu]

6. these are beautiful.

unfortunately for most american towns our governments are required to accept the lowest bid on public projects. this about precludes the investment in this sort of art.
too bad.
i noticed at the link, where one can see the individual manhole-covers, that there was not much road dirt to be seen. won't find that in most american cities or towns either.

[Historic NY]

7. Wow, wish we had them here to brighten up the neighborhood.

[DesertDiamond]

8. That was my greatest memory about Japan - their sense of the need for beauty. Even the scaffolding

of buildings under construction were painted beautiful colors. The taxi seats had lace on them! I admire the Japanese understanding of the human need to see beauty. Thank you, Japan!

[whatchamacallit]

9. Really cool!

Thanks

[kcass1954]

10. How wonderful. Thanks for the link.

I had never heard of these until a few years ago, when manhole cover quilts began to be made.