Once in a while, I will open up the folders wherein reside the photographs I took on that trip... if only to remind myself that it actually happened: it was not a dream. And with the passage of time, the images seem fresh and new, strange as that may seem.
Here are a few that you haven’t seen before:
Manhole covers in Beppu.
Manhole covers are an indigenous art form uniquely Japanese in the same way that comic books and jazz are uniquely American. Apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks so: An entire book, Drainspotting, has been written on the topic.
Poster advertising a geisha-related art exhibition from the Gion district, Kyoto.
Tulips in Hiroshima... so bright, they practically glow in the dark.
There’s beauty everywhere you look, but when you’re in an exotic foreign locale, it seems to strike you with just a little more force.
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A manhole cover is a removable plate forming the lid over the opening of a manhole, to prevent anyone from falling in and to keep unauthorized persons out.Since the era of ancient Rome, sewer grates made from stone have been used to keep people from falling into the sewage and to catch anything large that might otherwise fall in. Manhole covers usually weigh more than 50 kg, partly because the weight keeps them in place when traffic passes over them, and partly because they are often made out of cast iron, sometimes with infills of concrete. This makes them inexpensive, strong, and heavy. A manhole cover sits on metal base, with a smaller inset rim which fits the cover. The base and cover are sometimes called "castings," because they are made by a casting process.
Normally I would delete a spammy robo-comment like the one above, but it's so chock-full of useless (but interesting) information, I'll give it a pass.
And besides, who knows but that one of my Esteemed Readers might be in the market for a few manhole covers - made in India, no less?
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