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Cover: Onomichi - Fire hydrant Special cover

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29-1 Setodachō Tarumi, Onomichi, Hiroshima 722-2404, Japan
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尾道
消火栓
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Matoi flags are drawn on the lid, flags that were used to announce a fire during the Edo period in Japan (17th-19th centuries). The flag would be waved in the air on rooftops near the burning building, to notify the fire department of the location of the fire.

Translation of the text on the cover:
尾道 - Onomichi
消火栓 - Fire hydrant



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