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UMBRELLAS

The traditional umbrella has played a part in many Japanese tales.
JAPAN / History / The Living Past
Mar 6, 2026
The long, humble history of the umbrella
From ancient courts to Meiji streets, the umbrella shelters commerce, faith, folly and fragile human longing.
Umbrellas are displayed at Komiya Shoten, a company that has made handcrafted umbrellas for rain or shine for nearly a century, in Higashi-Nihombashi, Tokyo, on Aug. 3.
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2023
Heat brings hope for handmade umbrella-maker in Tokyo
One of Tokyo’s last handmade umbrella shops has weathered many storms and is now thriving, thanks to booming demand for parasols.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 15, 2018
Growing pains
‘The size of umbrellas these days is getting out of control.’
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 12, 2018
What umbrellas can teach us about diversity
Noticing the differences between one’s own country and others, however small they may be, can be the first step to realizing that diversity exists.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2018
Japanese beverage company expands network of vending machines containing free umbrellas
More people will be able to weather sudden showers during the rainy season as DyDo Drinco Inc. announced last week it’s further expanding its network of vending machines offering free umbrellas.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 8, 2017
Jousting in Meguro Station
‘Sometimes I feel as if I’m in a jousting tournament in Japan.’
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 1, 2017
Questionable logic
‘It’s raining. You don’t have an umbrella?’
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 20, 2016
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Umbrellas Japan-USA 1984-91 — A Documentation Exhibition
Oct. 1-Dec. 4
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 22, 2010
For when raindrops keep falling on our heads
The tsuyu season is no fun in Japan but don’t let it rain your parade.
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