Japan Has Pretty Manholes: If you think there's a problem with telling a group of Japanese people that they have really pretty manholes, then you're ignorant and we don't want to talk to you. Japan has some of the beautifully decorated manhole covers we've ever seen, but you'd be likely to miss them if you didn't bend over and take a better look. Here are a few of our favorite painted and etched manholes from Japan's city streets. • - by Jordan Breindel