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- stang4783, on 05/31/2009, -1/+40These are not just painted. The actual design is etched in the manhole cover.
- JinxCrow, on 05/31/2009, -0/+15Detective Conan...?
- Vandango, on 05/31/2009, -0/+10Because it takes effort and money. Effort to design it, money to pay the designer, money to create a unique mold.
- genezorz, on 05/31/2009, -0/+10I visited Japan last year and snapped a picture of one in Sakura, Chiba.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2874628408_c15 ... - ifruit, on 05/31/2009, -1/+8It would be a nice method to beautify and add character to a city. -- Fixed
There is nothing cost effective about it. - inactive, on 05/31/2009, -2/+9very nice
- digitul, on 05/31/2009, -1/+6because people would say they hate it. everyone wants all the wacky stuff japan has, then we when get it, its largely ignored. "odd" video games are a perfect example, aside from stuff like katamari
- Rtibbitts07, on 05/31/2009, -0/+4They showed one on a Top Gear episode where they went to Japan with the Nissan GT-R.
- ThatWebGeek, on 06/01/2009, -0/+4wtf, why? I don't get it.
- Johnnyjm, on 06/01/2009, -0/+3needs more goatse
- Mystlyfe, on 05/31/2009, -0/+3Anyone else upset by the lack of tentacles?
- BloggerSavvy, on 05/31/2009, -4/+7So how come our sewer covers (and grates) look like the shiz! Why can't we make ours look nice? - Think about it... really, why not?
- eselet, on 05/31/2009, -0/+3Something's wrong here....
No one has made a "painted manhole inspector is a job that could only exist in japan" joke yet... - Branchex, on 05/31/2009, -1/+4The Bronx Zoo has a man hole cover that has the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo on it. It shows that in America similar stuff can be done.
- Jerrbear1, on 05/31/2009, -0/+3I wish we embraced art in our country.
- Feener, on 05/31/2009, -0/+3I thought 'the shiz' meant good.
- hardtoconfuse, on 05/31/2009, -1/+3Because every manhole in Japan looks like this.
- bobdigi, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2Yea man we cant have those Japanese folk doing stuff the mighty US of A cant do.
- Gguillorn, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2Almost a shame to step on some of these.
- bigplrbear, on 05/31/2009, -1/+3すごい :)
- blipblopblip, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2These look like giant Pog Kinis
- p3ngwin, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2the US may be broke now, but it had money once. these Japanese covers aren't anything new either. so the timing isn't the reason, it simply is that the US doesn't think in the same way, completely different culture that thinks differently about almost everything.
- 5urr3al5am, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2you see.. this is why Japan kicks ass.. its for things like this
- ryanonfire, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2This is awesome. I wish my city did this. All we can do is paint the traffic signal boxes :S http://www.flickr.com/groups/brisbane_tsbs/pool/
- genezorz, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2Man i remember when I was 12 too.
- kd1s, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2I wish we had as many traffic boxes here. Oh we have plenty of lights but the controllers are now buried.
- sprout52, on 05/31/2009, -0/+1You've gotta be kidding me you stupid *****.
- Greengoo, on 05/31/2009, -0/+1Dugg for GT-R
- Fuel90, on 05/31/2009, -0/+1I was looking for one that looked like a PokeBall. Not gonna lie.
- kevinsboy, on 05/31/2009, -0/+1http://digg.com/u14VDv
Con Edison manhole cover by karim rashid - jkleinrichert, on 06/04/2009, -0/+1yea, I know...I used google's translator
;-) - l2agnarok, on 05/31/2009, -0/+1You *****. That wasn't even funny.
- jpop, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1Yeah, I noticed that one as well, although I don't recognize the two characters following him.
- 5urr3al5am, on 06/01/2009, -1/+2sell it as advertising space
- ericxoxp, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1A similar story was my first digg homepage back in 2006 !! memories...
http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Japanese_make_beauti ... - killrrabit, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1I refuse to click on any pictures of man holes.
- FauOz, on 05/31/2009, -0/+1everywhere you go you see interesting deigns on manhole covers. I suppose they make them in China now and all same style. There are actually many websites mapping manhole covers...take a look
- BloggerSavvy, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1No they don't - You'll see if you ever go there.
- Rjordan, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1Wowzers! Just looking at the pavement surrounding them makes me want to move to Japan! So intriguing!
- inactive, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1The Japanese can do no wrong.
- Stiverton, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1My city spent $5000 a pop on stupid metal decorative trees. They could have bought real ones for less.
http://www.fyilondon.com/gallery/1998/photos/Ldn20 ... - n064, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1dugg for Top Gear!
- FrozenPie, on 05/31/2009, -11/+12I wouldn't be suprised if there were painted ***** from japan also
- inactive, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1Civil engineering in Japan is like the ***** marines. Ever seen a crane stand still? Sure you have, you're lucky if you've ever seen it move, but in Japan, if its there, its working it's ass off.
Road / pipe repairs? It's like D-Day. Rush our ends, and 20 guys rush out in formation, tear up the road, fix everything and put it back together before sunrise. It is epic. - BloggerSavvy, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1And we can't do that? ;)
- BloggerSavvy, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1Where I am, it's another word for "*****".
- jkleinrichert, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1ah man, I almost didn't click the link-thought it was nsfw....and something I'm not personally into (but won't hold it against you if you are). ;-)
- bigplrbear, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1uh no, I know what I wrote- "Sugoi". it means "Amazing" or "Cool".
- jkleinrichert, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1oh, you use google translate, too?
- Nanoha, on 05/31/2009, -0/+0same thought here hehe.
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