Street lids are now some of the city’s most unusual tourist sites, and there’s a way you can take them home as free souvenir cards.
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Japanese manhole covers become a hit with foreign tourists in off-the-beaten path Tokyo area
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We all know Ryogoku is sacred ground for sumo wrestlers, but this is bordering on ridiculous!
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