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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 25: Mount Fuji Manhole Covers! (富士山のマンホール)
The mint Manhole Cover in Shimizu City before it was merged in Shizuoka City depicting the World Cultural Heritage of Mount Fuji and Miho Matsubara Beach! Mount Fuji is partly in Shizuoka Prefecture...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 26: Fire Hydrant Covers! (消火栓のマンホール)...
Fire Truck in Hamamatsu City! Fire hydrant manhole covers, or more precisely manhole covers over water and water Tanks accesses for firemne were among the first to be decorated by municipalities with...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 27: Fire Hydrant Covers! (消火栓のマンホール)...
Splendid arrow motif in Kusanagai, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City! (credit: Atsuko Kurata) Fire hydrant manhole covers, or more precisely manhole covers over water and water Tanks accesses for firemne were...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 28: Iwata City & Fukuroi City
Yesterday as I had to go there for many reasons I took plenty of pictures in Iwata City and Fukuroi City which are neighbors in Wsetern Shizuoka Prefecture! These colored dragonfly manhole covers are...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 30: Ecopa in Fukuroi by Guest Blogger...
My good friend Ms. Atsuko Akira, who share the drainspotting bug with recently visited the Ecopa Sports Complex in Aino, Fukuroi City! This is the report on her trip! She visited the Shizuoka Stadium...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 31: Arai Machi
Arai machi, since included into Hamamtsu City is bit of a strange place completely separated not only by the station (you have to pay 180 yen anytime you want to go to the other side) but also by a sea...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 32: Kanaya, Shimada City!
Decorated manhole covers all seem to be those of fire hydrants in Kanaya Cho in Shimada City, although there is a big oddity! Big red fire truck. This design can be found in many cites in side and...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 33: Kanbara, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!
Kanbara, located between Yui and Shin kambara in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City, was merged into Shizuoka City on March 1st, 2006, but Shimizu City became part of Shizuoka City as Shimizu Ku on April 1st,...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 34: Along the Miho Beach, Shimizu ku,...
I have already mentioned manhole cob\evrs in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City. This is a very large area indeed and it tends to mix all kinds of covers since it was merged with Shizuoka City. But if like me...
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Manhole Covers In Shizuoka Prefecture 35: New Commemorative Fire Hydrant...
Last Friday the Shizuoka Municipal Government finally announced the creation of a new Fire hydrant manhole cover to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the death of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu in Sumpu...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 36: Fuji City, Yoshiwara, Honcho!
SN3O0497 With all the mergers enacted these past years, it has become difficult to explain locations in Shizuoka Prefecture! Yoshiwara is now integral part of Fuji City but its JR Railway Station is...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka City 37: The One That Will Never Appear On...
SN3O0575 Last Friday the Shizuoka City Water and Sewers Department were holding an unusual and very instructive exhibition to make the public aware of their work from manhole covers to the functioning...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 38: Nishigaya Sports Center in Shizuoka...
SN3O0600 Nishigaya Sports Center is located far away, about 30 minutes by bicycle from Shizuoka Station on the other side of the Abe River. That is probably why I never realised they might have, and an...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 39): Gotemba City!
A fire hydrant manhole cover type found in the whole prefecture but with the emblem of Gotemba City! The other day I had the occasion to visit again again Gotemba City in the Eastern part of Shizuoka...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 40: New Commemorative Fire Hydrant...
On February 5th in 2015 I had reported on a new Commemorative Fire Hydrant Manhole Cover being installed in Various locations in Shizuoka City to mark the 400th Anniversary of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu’ss...
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Shizuoka Gastronomy on Manhole Covers!
SN3O5522 Yaizu City is the most famous Bonito/Katsuo fishing harbor city in Japan! Japan is increasingly becoming known all over the world for its gastronomy and more recently for its unequaled manhole...
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Manhole Covers,Love Line! Numazu
Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 53: Love Line! Sunshine!! Manga Covers in Numazu City! (Complete!)ture Love Line! Sunshine, where is the manhole ?! manga on buses in Numazu City! The nationally...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 54: Yoshida Cho
Talking of Yoshida Cho in Shizuoka Prefecture still confuses a lot people here because its former name, Haibara Gun, was changed to the new modern appellation only recently. To make things more...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 55: Makinohara City!
Beautiful fire hydrant manhole cover but does not bear any distinctive sigil! Makinohara City in the southern center part of Shizuoka Prefecture, in spite of its full city status acquired on October...
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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 56: Sagara Cho! Old and new!
Sagara Cho is located in the south part of Makinohara City. This is a bit confusing for newcomers as only recently Haibara Gun has been renamed Makinohara City while two districts, namely Yoshida Cho...
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