Painted Manhole Cover

In Japan, many sewer operators use manhole covers with the city's symbols.
It is for raising awareness of sewer among citizens and for urban landscaping.

In case of Saitama City, two kinds of covers are used.
They are a combination of city symbols that include a tree, a flower grass, and a flower tree.
The tree is a zelkova, the flower grass is primrose, and the flower tree is a cherry tree.

This is a manhole for combined sewers and sanitary sewers.



This is for storm sewers.