(23) Street fire extinguishers 街頭消火器

Fire extinguishers on the streets of Tokyo. Here, and example in Ebisu:

These fire extinguishers can also serve the purpose of a public “lost-and-found”, as we pointed out in the following Twitter exchange:

Fire, meet extinguisher. pic.twitter.com/ocl2yoWKhq

— the tokyo files (@thetokyofiles) March 22, 2017

and

Exactly! Fire extinguishers are often used as a "lost & found" box. I took the following picture a few months ago: pic.twitter.com/bykDSEjdUx

— the tokyo files (@thetokyofiles) March 22, 2017

Fire extinguisher on a pole:

See also:

• The cute fire extinguisher かわいい消火器
• Assistance to fire extinguisher purchase in residents’ association (Kodaira-shi)
• We build more street fire extinguishers in wooden crowd area (Shinagawa)
• 1930’s Tokyo firehouse (fire station)
• A bit of fire in central Tokyo