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Paul van de Vijver#putdeksels | Waterschap AGV maakte dit filmpje over putdeksels in Amsterdam: https://youtu.be/3TZ9boYzKsE?si=jZadr6kdZcUfdu6P (2 min, 2020) 💧#Drainspotting
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Jeremy KitchenTo the west of Sapporo is a little tourist trap of a town called Otaru. When I went through there was a cruise ship in port so the place was overrun with tourists, but I managed to not only find a nice quiet place to have a cup of coffee, but these two manhole covers!
It did seem like a really neat town, though, lots of stuff to see and do, and quite close to Sapporo by train!
Just up the coast from Iwanai in a little village called Tomari we have a large cliff dropping into the with a couple of fishing boats in the foreground, and some seagulls and clouds in the sky.
A little odd to me that it doesn't depict the local nuclear power plant, but maybe there is one that does and I just missed it!
Fun fact, I’ve ridden past a number of nuclear power plants, but this is the first one I'd ridden *under*. (sort of)
And now we're back to one of my favorite towns I've visited, Iwanai! I don't think this is the local mascot Tarumaru, but still pretty adorable.
Around the point in Suttsu we have the local mascot (I can't find the name" flying with a couple of seagulls through a windmill farm. Suttsu is very windy and there is a large wind farm in the area.
https://www.guidoor.jp/en/places/6188
There's a large camping area right on the beach in front of the windfarm, and while it's quite pretty I don't think I’d want to pitch a tent there! Too much wind!
Futa Wind Farm - Guidoor
Suttsu town is a town of wind, where one of the strongest gales in Japan, a local wind called "Dashikaze" blows. By making effective use of this gale, the town became the first local government in Japan to generate wind power. Currently, the town has 11 wind turbines in operation, transforming the…
In Setana there's a fairly simple design with mountains and waves and clouds.
Near Yakumo I found this one with 3 seashells and 2 seabirds. There's some Japanese writing on it, くす is all I can make out. Around the outside is what seems to be churning ocean waves.
Fun fact: there's also some Hiragana that says おすい (osui) and that got me curious, because I'd seen that on some others.
Turns out that's just the word for sewage. Oops. https://jisho.org/search/osui