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Japanese town logos ? official symbols designed to communicate the identity of each municipality ? come in a vast array of shapes and colors. Many of these municipal symbols incorporate typographical elements (particularly kanji, hiragana, katakana, and Roman letters) into their designs. In most cases, the stylized characters are straightforward and easy to spot (even if you don?t read Japanese), but sometimes you have to bend your eyes to see them.

above: two of my favourites, see the whole fascinating set here