Kawaii

Japan sewers clean up their act with colorful manhole art

Published by Hurriyet on Sun, 01/14/2018 - 15:41

Japan’s sewerage industry has found a way to clean up its dirty and smelly image: elaborately designed and colorful manhole covers with 12,000 local varieties nationwide -- including, of course, a Hello Kitty design.Appealing to a Japanese love of detail and “kawaii” (“cute”), bespoke manhole covers adorn the streets of 1,700 towns, cities and villages across Japan and have spawned a collection