Bad Weather Etiquette

One of the things that you can notice in Japan is that among all Buddhism, Zen, and Shinto cults there is another one. I would call it an umbrella cult. In the land of raising sun umbrellas are literally everywhere. Before you enter any place (or inside) you can always find an umbrella stand, where you can easily park your anti-rain shield.I’ve got one even in my room!  Moreover you might thing that when it’s sunny or if the shop or restaurant is closed, all umbrellas disappear. No way! Every time, every where there is an umbrella in your eye range.  I don’t know if you can borrow one in case you didn’t take yours, but on the other hand they are possible to buy almost everywhere. My favorite model is a transparent 'umbee', which you can use while riding a bike and still you can see the sky above. Generally in Japan people don’t steal so once you leave  your rainy belonging for sure it will wait for you. There are even some machines which you can you can use tolaminate your rainy friends – like the one in the front of my cafeteria. Cool, heh?! The bad thing is that even though it’s funny it indicates that it rains a lot here, what has been sadly true for the last couple weeks.