Showing posts with label pokemon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pokemon. Show all posts

Friday, July 21, 2023

Decorative Manholes from Fukuoka, North Kyushu

 


Giravanz is the local soccer team in Kitakyushu that lay at the stadium in Kokura. Their mascot is a seagull named Wavy.


Matsu Beach is on a long sweeping bay in Okagaki Town in the Onga District. It is known for a long cycle path through the pines that grow along the beach.


Tagawa was a former coal-mining town whose two remaining brick chimneys are symbols of the town.


These last two were  both found in Kokura, though I have seen them popping up all over Japan, manholes depicting characters from Pokemon. I know almost nothing about Pokemon, though I believe these manholes are connected to Pokemn-Go, a smartphone game.


The previous post in the series was Saga Manholes.