I was walking along the Oida River in Fukuroi City in search of sights when I espied these seemingly old paintings along the bank shoring!
Technically not a wall, these large concrete shoring had been obviously painted for some kind of city promotion.
I decide to have a closer look!
If I remember well these blue drawings are Mount Fuji mascots used all over the Prefecture!
I wonder why one is smiling and the others not.
What could have been the message?
now, I know that the owl, “fukuro” is the unofficial bird of Fukuroi City because of the almost identical pronunciation, although the kanji characters are completely unrelated!
my impression is that these painting date back to when the Soccer World Cup came to Japan as the drawing celebrates Ecopa Stadium which was used for the World Cup in Fukuroi City!
Oranges, of which Shizuoka Prefecture is the biggest producer in Japan and an owl again!
Basket ball? At the time the Japanese Professional didn’t exist yet…
Pity that the years and water have made it difficult to discern from far away!
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