Many people visit Sakaiminato just a few hours while in transit at the port for awaiting unloading cargo ships. Many of them surprised where drawings on the walls, statues, posters, banners and all kinds with the same theme is comic.
"It seems streets for children" - Detlve, a German tourists astonished when he first arrived in Sakaiminato. When waiting for a taxi, he also saw the street lamps shaped like giant ball of eyes watched the movements of the people. Everything is funny shapes from ice cream to the water tank.
300 km away from Osaka, Sakaiminato is only less than 40,000 population and still have little information you can find on the internet. This is where the fishing boats returning from a long voyage offshore and marine products from both major contributors to the city's industry.
Sakaiminato is the hometown of famous artist Shigeru Mizuki. Step into the streets, go to the station, the Mizuki’s characters are painted on chairs stay on the ticket counter. At supermarket, you can also find food items on the shelves with the outer shell is vivid drawings inspired by the works of Mizuki.
You will be familiar with the character images in the series GeGeGe no Kitaro Kitaro, he had long hair and ears covered obscured one eye pretty cute. But if you take a closer look and realized the other images of Kitaro with long tongues can wrap around the other creatures, that's when you have to come closer to the Mizuki and Sakaiminato city.
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