Random

This post is late and it will be both short and sweet with a more proper one to follow on Thursday (possibly Friday). Granted, they say that a picture is worth a thousand words and I think that this picture that I took at daid's bank says just so much about this part of Japan:

It's an umbrella stand. Umbrella stands are pretty ubiquitous around here, you'll find them near the entry ways to many (perhaps most) stores. This one is somewhat odd though because it is equipped with locks so you can store your umbrella and nobody else will accidentally take it because they look roughly the same (or steal it because they forgot theirs).