{"id":59134,"date":"2023-10-11T14:54:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T05:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/oct\/11\/manhole-covers-become-collectors-items-in-japan"},"modified":"2023-10-11T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T05:54:59","slug":"manhole-covers-become-collectors-items-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=59134","title":{"rendered":"Manhole covers become collector\u2019s items in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyoto to sell its obsolete manhole covers in a bid to cash in on the public\u2019s fascination with the decorated pieces<\/p>\n<p>They are heavy disks of wrought iron that separate us from our subterranean sewage, but in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/japan\">Japan<\/a>, they are also highly coveted works of art, symbols of regional pride, and now, sources of revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities are cashing in on the public\u2019s fascination with the country\u2019s decorated manhole covers, with Kyoto now joining a list of locations that are putting obsolete lids up for sale.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/oct\/11\/manhole-covers-become-collectors-items-in-japan\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyoto to sell its obsolete manhole covers in a bid to cash in on the public\u2019s fascination with the decorated piecesThey are heavy disks of wrought iron that separate us from our subterranean sewage, but in Japan, they are also highly coveted works of a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-japan"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59134"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59147,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59134\/revisions\/59147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}