Decorated utility boxes in Japantown

@Aquitaine24 (11813)

San Jose, California

May 22, 2022 6:39pm CST

There are decorated utility boxes in Japantown. As you can see, the stylized figures wear traditional Japanese kimonos. The colors are quite beautiful. It helps let you know you are in Japantown in San Jose. Decorated utility boxes are all over, and artists often paint them to reflect local culture. In some places benches are painted.

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@LadyDuck (471969)

• Switzerland

23 May 22

Those are cute, in our place they must all be the correct color so that we know what we can throw there.

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@Aquitaine24 (11813)

• San Jose, California

24 May 22

What about throwing?

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@LadyDuck (471969)

• Switzerland

24 May 22

@Aquitaine24 Plastic goes in the "yellow" trash bins, "glass" in the white ones, tin cans in the brown and so on.

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@erictsuma (9726)

• Mombasa, Kenya

23 May 22

Yes I think it's good to preserve our cultures and traditions which symbolises our roots

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@Aquitaine24 (11813)

• San Jose, California

24 May 22

I agree. Do you have painted utility boxes where you live?

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@erictsuma (9726)

• Mombasa, Kenya

25 May 22

@Aquitaine24 yes we have

@kaylachan (71519)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

23 May 22

It's creative.

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@Aquitaine24 (11813)

• San Jose, California

23 May 22

Is there anything like that where you live?

@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 May 22

Do Japanese people have no noses?

@JESSY3236 (20046)

• United States

24 May 22

Those are so cute.

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@reikonakama (41)

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23 May 22

Eye catching! Beautiful.

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@Aquitaine24 (11813)

• San Jose, California

23 May 22

They really are. Do you have them in your area?