These Japanese Umbrellas are Works of Art

I'm going to show you "wagasa", a Japanese umbrella. Isn't it beautiful? The shaft, the spreaders, the ribs are all made of bamboo. It's so beautiful! And the paper... yes, you heard correctly: paper. And it's an umbrella you can use in the rain! How do they do that?

[@rohandevil1]

The subtitles is killing me! xD

[@152mmapfsds]

This is so cool tho ngl

[@olafurssonkyllian8153]

And if you don't know how to tke care of those umbrellas they will be damaged by the end of your trip and that's 20 000 yen down the drain.

[@mushroomhead3619]

On the other hand if you do look after them they come to life after a hundred years.

[@CassieYanboTomHappyBoy]

just dont bring it out of your house, then we actually look after... just have fun, dont get offended by human =)) it's very nice to live in japan. xD

[@tanoymajumder2358]

The umbrellas are originally made in china and then eventually it spread into other Asian countries,It's not originally from Japan so why should Japan be proud of it is from China so China should be proud of this umbrellas and not only umbrellas most of japanese culture that you see in Japan are originally from china.Whether you talk about japanese dresses japanese writing system all are from China that's why their culture are so similar.So I would like to request you to clear the things first you should have mentioned that it's originally originated from China Japan didn't made this. Thank you

[@user-si8dv8yo6b]

Long ago in China, a straw canopy hat (tengai), which could not be opened or closed, was invented as an umbrella and these spread to Japan. In the Muromachi Period (1333-1573), oil was painted on washi paper, and these became popular as water repellant rain umbrellas. Furthermore, in this period it became possible to open and close umbrellas, and thus Japanese umbrellas took their present shape. There are three types of Japanese umbrellas, Bangasa (sturdy umbrellas), Jyanome (slender umbrellas), and Japanese parasols (Higasa and Maigasa) www.kyoto-tsujikura.com/en/tigai/