Otaru Style: MANHOLE CARD

2020/10/13

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Manhole Cards are collection cards which were made for having fun and to create an interest in sewage system at the same time.

It is the photo of Manhole Cover on the front and written about Information on Origin of Design on the back.

There are about 15 million manhole covers and about 12000 kinds manhole cover designs in Japan.

Japanese manhole cover designs are different by each municipality. They are famous places, products, sports, characters and so on.

OTARU Manhole Cover

Manhole Cards are distributed by each municipality.

Otaru manhole card started to be distributed in 2017.

The motifs of design are the scenery of Otaru Canal from Asakusa Bridge and the gaslights that color walking path beside Otaru Canal.

<<<How to get>>>

Distribution location...Otaru City Waterworks Bureau (map)

·Weekdays (Mon-Fri) except for National Holidays and New Year holidays...Service Section window on the second floor

·Holidays (Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays and the year-end and New Year holidays)...The night-duty room on the first floor

✳Year-end and New Year holidays (December29-January3)

Distribution Time 9am-5pm

Distribution method

✱Please take one of each per person (It's free)

✱As you do not perform the handling by a reservation of the distribution and the mail, please come to the distribution place directly.

✱Please cooperate with a simple questionnaire.

✱As a number is limited, it will be informed when there're not much stock on the website.

About distribution information of Manhole Card (Japanese language only)

Otaru City Waterworks Bureau General Affairs Division

2-11-15 Hanazono, Otaru

+81-134-32-1171

Otaru Style