I always struggle to find a place for my umbrella. In the shop, fetching money from my wallet at the counter; I poke someone with it, leaving it on the floor by my chair in the café the waiter trips over it, and when I manage to tuck it away out of sight under my seat or in a corner somewhere, I end up forget about it and leave it behind. Hence; I never buy a expensive, good umbrella that actually serves it purpose – and shelters me from the rain. I buy crappy ones, small enough to fit into my handbag and so cheap I can afford the loss, and these shitty things collapse on me and turn inside out if there is any wind at all. But here it’s different.
Of course no one causes hazard poking about with an umbrella indoors. It has it’s place in a rack or container at the entrance of any shop, restaurant or other sort of facility. At the entrance of the public bath house (onsen) we visited, the umbrella rack was of the more advanced than it usually is; fitted with lock and key mechanism, one for each umbrella.
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