Incredibly Beautiful Japanese Manhole Covers
Leave it to the Japanese to turn something we usually consider an eyesore, into an incredibly beautiful work of art. Painted with tree resin, these awesome manhole covers are part of a 20-year beautification program commissioned by local cities, and depict everything from fairy tales, local fauna, to Japanese manga characters.My Modern Metropolis
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Person-orifice.
ReplyDeleteManhole is a deeply sexist term, suggesting one gender's ownership of all the holes in the world's streets.
Person-orifice sounds vaguely obscene.
ReplyDeleteAnd 'manhole' doesn't?
ReplyDeleteYou're right. When I reflect upon it manhole sounds terribly obscene.
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