TL;DR Shohei Ohtani, a Major League Baseball superstar, is being honored in his hometown of Oshu, Japan with a massive rice paddy art installation and a commemorative manhole cover. The rice paddy art, created using different varieties of rice, depicts Ohtani swinging his bat with his beloved dog Dekopin by his side. The area also offers a “Shohei Ohtani Hometown Map” to guide visitors to key spots related to the baseball star, including his schools, practice grounds, and the manhole cover site.
by SkyInJapan
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I see this man more often than I do my own wife.
No wonder there’s a rice shortage
there are manhole covers in the home towns of many current Japanese MLB players.
https://www.mlb.com/international/players/manholes