米子市(A001)のマンホールカード

中央に米子市の「米」を図案化した市章をあしらい、その周りに市の花「つつじ」を大胆に散りばめた色鮮やかなマンホール蓋です。つつじは万葉集に詠まれるほど日本人にゆかりが深く、旧米子市と旧淀江町ではそれぞれ市の花・町の花として、庭木だけでなく、公園や川、街道沿いに植えられ親しまれてきました。そのつながりは両市町が合併しても途絶えることなく、つつじは今も市民の暮らしに寄り添うように咲いています。毎年、ゴールデンウイークにさしかかる頃は、桜と交代でつつじのシーズンが到来。恒例の「米子つつじまつり」などが開催され、街は一層華やかな雰囲気に包まれます。

This is colorful manhole cover decorated with the illustration of the city emblem, which was designed based on the kanji”米” of “Yonago(米子)”, with azaleas of the official city flower boldly spread around it. Azeleas have been so closely connected with the Japanese that they were written in poems included in Manyoshu. In former Yonago City and former Yodoe Town, azaleas were popular among the citizens offer the municipal merger.
Around late April every year, the azalea season comes, after replacing the cherry blossom one. The annual Yonago Azarea Festival and things like that are held, so that the city becomes filled wiyh even more of a gorgeous atmosphere.