Nice manhole covers

My friend Gijs is currently on tour in Japan, promoting the new Wouter Hamel album Nobody’s Tune.

I’m sure he’s having a good time (they went there last year as well and had a blast). I’ve always wanted to go to Japan, I find it such a fascinating country. Even their manhole covers are much funkier than anywhere else I’ve seen. My friend Martijn once took a bunch of photos of different manhole covers in NYC (but I cannot seem to find his blog post) and they were not even half as funky. Nor are they here in Leiden I might add (via).

January 16, 2009 | Filed Under Amusing, Design, Travel

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  1. Martijn on January 29th, 2009 3:15
    Martijn

    My manholes here: http://68024photo.livejournal.com/27931.html

    But you’re right, the Japanese ones are much cooler!

    Doet-ie het nu?

  2. Sandor on January 31st, 2009 18:45
    Sandor

    Yep, those are the ones I meant. I can’t believe I even remember reading about them, since we’re talking about a post in 2004.