Nagoya Pokemon Manhole Cover Spotted

We saw this one while walking around Nagoya a few weeks ago during out vacation and it only struck me after I got home how perfect it was for the setting.

The koiging or Magicarp and its shiny partner represent the golden fish from the top of Nagoya Castle, decoration that became symbols of the city itself. Including them here alongside the castle only makes perfect sense, as does the nekkoala or Komala, which represents the adapted mascot of the local baseball team, the chunichi dragons and their cute-ified Doala, the blue koala.

According to mascotopedia, Doala is a koala because the first koala in Japan came to Nagoya zoo and Nagoya is a sister city of Sydney, Australia.

Very fitting, Pokemon.