New Hokkaido Manhole Covers
Japan loves cute, even with its manhole covers. This month Hokkaido announces seven new Pokemon manhole covers or Pokefuta, as they are known in Japan. They feature the fox-like fire Pokemon Vulpix and its ice-type Alolan form, representing Hokkaido's warm and cold seasons. (I'm not a follower of all things Pokemon, so I have no idea about these creatures.) The new covers an be found in Hakodate, Otaru, Nemuro, Nororibetsu, Honbetsu, Rikubetsu, Nakashibetsu, and Sapporo. You can find out more about them here.
8 comments:
They are adorable! We took so much great pictures of manhole covers in Japan (Steffi's step-dad collects them).
Very cute!
Your link to the more info is doubled so doesn't work properly. However their error page is also very cute, and I found the correct page from there.
What a charming idea to liven up manholes.
These really are cute! There's NOTHING like that here!
They are so much nicer than the boring man hole covers we have here.
These manhole covers are very different to the traditional covers of the prefectures. Nice and bright.
Although I don't know the Pokemon story I think the man hole covers are charming. The interest in spotting them or travelling to see them is good for tourism, too. Let's hope the pandemic is over soon so more people can go and enjoy this form of street art.
Pamela: This is such a fun idea, dressing up the street sounds fun.
Thank-you for sharing these sweet designs.
Catherine
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