Designed manhole cover

January 14, 2018

Saitama-(COMBO) This combo of photos taken on November 22, 2017 shows designed manhole covers in Kawaguchi, Saitama prefecture.

Japan's sewerage industry has found a way to clean up its dirty and smelly image: elaborately designed and colourful manhole covers with 12,000 local varieties nationwide -- including, of course, a Hello Kitty design. Jiji Press

In this picture taken on November 22, 2017 a woman rides her bicycle past a designed manhole cover in Saitama.