The other day I posted an image of a manhole cover in Kurume city. It was decorated with the beautiful nature that surrounds that particular city. The nearby city of Tosu (鳥栖市) on the other hand, has decided to take a very different approach.

The primary symbol decorating Tosu’s manhole covers is the local highway cloverleaf. A cloverleaf being the junction that funnels high-speed traffic straight ahead, or left or right. It should be said that Tosu’s cloverleaf is quite an important one as it is the main junction that links the island of Kyūshū from North to South & East to West. Hurrah for Tosu! \(^O^)/

It seems to me though, that Tosu is promoting itself as a city that is seen by motorists who speed by! Well, it has been said that the journey is more important that the destination. Maybe that’s what they’re getting at.

Oops, almost forgot. There are irises too.