(2664) We have talked about the rain, yes?

And about the transparent umbrellas that were invented here (and by "here" I mean in Asakusa, in 1958, by a company called "Hou-aito Ro-uz"/ホワイトローズ) and that every Japanese has at least four of. 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).