The mint of an old sewer manhole cover!
Hamamatsu City is the largest city in Shizuoka Prefecture both in area (Number 1 in Japan, too) and population in Shizuoka Prefecture and counts a lot of varieties in mnahole covers, not accounting for towns and cities recently merged in which will be for the next posting!
A mint for sewer manhole cover with a kite to advertise the Hamamatsu Kites Festival held every year during the first week of May!
The same without the colors!
An unusual sewer manhole cover with the drawing of a “kappa”!
Soles/groupers!
A rectangular manhole cover also with a sole!
Now, what could be that fish?
A very old one representing bamboo tree decorated with “Tanabata” Festival motive messages!
Swallows!
Rain water manhole cover!
The one above and the two below have already been introduced in another article but I added them to complete the Hmamatsu City report!
Seen in Hamamatsu City.
Seen in Hamamatsu City!
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