Happy Globe/Man Thing
Check out this cool (and very chirpy looking) globe/man thing on a roof in Tokyo. He appears to be wearing a busboy’s hat… or is it… a manhole cover?
There’s some characters on the roof too, but unfortunately Japanese is all Greek to me, so it’s over to you guys to shed some light on this odd little dude!
Thanks: For nothing.
Seriously though the only thing I could find in the area is a crater further south in Alabama...” 
Nice you are reporting from my city! Wuffi ” 
I don’t know who or what he is, but thanks to my great japanese translating skills it says “water recycling center” under it.
It’s a man hole cover. This is a sewage processing plant in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
Walked passed it once – it’s huge.
More info (in Japanese) at http://www.gesui.metro.tokyo.jp/odekake/syorijyo/03_01.htm
Yep- Shibaura water treatment center
did someone named “for nothing” submit this site???
[i]“4. anne Says: July 19th, 2006 at 5:58 pm did someone named “for nothing†submit this site???”[/i]
I was wondering the same thing.:-?
Some more info on the site… http://www.gesui.metro.tokyo.jp/english/sewerage2005.htm
His name is “aasu-kun” after Earth. Designed for indicating “sewerage system makes Earth clean”.