{"id":693046,"date":"2026-05-25T17:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693046\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:31:16","slug":"two-new-sailor-moon-art-manhole-covers-are-coming-to-usagis-real-world-tokyo-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693046\/","title":{"rendered":"Two new Sailor Moon art manhole covers are coming to Usagi\u2019s real-world Tokyo neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Outer Senshi join their anime\/manga magical girl sisters on the streets of Minato Ward.<\/p>\n

Sailor Moon features some pretty fantastical settings, with much of its mythos involving ancient kingdoms on the moon and antagonists hailing from even farther reaches of the cosmos. However, most of the series takes place in Minato, one the actual wards of real-world Tokyo, where Usagi and her friends live, go to school, and fight many of the manga\/anime\u2019s monsters of the week,<\/p>\n

So a while back, Minato Ward decided to celebrate the connection by installing Sailor Moon manhole covers featuring artwork of Sailors Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus<\/a>. As fans will be quick to point out, though, that\u2019s actually only half the series\u2019 roster of magical girls. As time went on, creator Naoko Takeuchi added new heroines to the cast, and now Minato Ward is adding new Sailor Moon manhole covers to its streets.<\/p>\n

Out of the first five covers, four featured the Inner Sailor Senshi (Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus), while power couple Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask shared the fifth. The two new designs will both once again feature the Inner Senshi, but they\u2019ll be joined by the Outer Senshi, Sailors Pluto, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn, as well as disruptive and divisive time-traveler Sailor Chibi Moon.<\/p>\n

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The first of the new manhole covers has the fully assembled Senshi standing amidst the branches of a cherry blossom tree with the sakura in full bloom. It was installed towards the end of March in Minato Ward\u2019s Roppongi district, specifically on the Roppongi 7-4-2 block, not far from the Tokyo Midtown shopping and entertainment complex.<\/p>\n

The second new Sailor Moon cover, the seventh overall, will also show all 10 Sailor Senshi, this time with a pastel rainbow color scheme to the background. But while we know what it\u2019ll look like, Minato Ward is keeping its location a secret for now, and will only be publicizing where to find it after it\u2019s been installed.<\/p>\n

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Minato Ward is keeping the exact timetable under wraps too, but the Sailor Moon official website says that the rainbow Sailor Moon cover should be in place by the end of this month. And if you\u2019re looking for even more crossovers between anime artwork and public infrastructure, don\u2019t forget about the new Pok\u00e9mon manhole covers in a part of Japan that\u2019s looking to bounce back from a natural disaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Minato Ward<\/a>, Sailor Moon official website<\/a>
Images: Minato Ward
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