[socratesque]

I hate it when people make it sound like it's ok in Japan to knowingly just grab someone else's umbrella. You're right, they're cheap. You're right, they all kinda look the same. And yes, if there's 10 of the exact kind you left behind you may just grab one. But if you just steal someone else's umbrella, you're still an asshole. Yeah there's plenty of those in Japan as well. This is the real reason for why people aren't particularly attached to their umbrellas. Not because they're cheap* and replaceable, but because they know an asshole will come along and steal it at any moment.

* Those 600 yen actually matter to a lot of people

[bojo]

I had bought one of the nicer ¥1500 umbrellas because I'm quite tall and the bigger size gives me more coverage, only to leave from lunch with coworkers and be completely umbrella-less because someone in the group that left before us grabbed my umbrella. That means some jerk showed up without an umbrella and decided to grab whatever was available because it started pouring.

I don't bother buying the nicer ones anymore because they'll just get stolen eventually.

[GuiA]

Having never seen the umbrella pot at my local bar go below 5 umbrellas, I'm going to safely disregard your comment that goes against everything my Japanese friends have told me over the past 2 years since I first set foot there ¯\_(ツ)_/¯