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It also starts at Aikasa Tokyo Station!
When I entered the underground shopping mall in Yaesu to go to Tokyo Station, my eyes stopped in the box containing the umbrella.
What is it? When I approached and looked closely, I noticed that the umbrella rental business "Aikasa" was started.
What is Aikasa?
"Aikasa" is an umbrella sharing service developed by Nature Innovetion Group, Inc., which rents umbrellas at spots such as stations, commercial facilities, restaurants, convenience stores, public facilities, and partner-off chairs, mainly in central Tokyo.
The business started in December 2018 and has been developing services around Tokyo Station since December last year. 24 hours a day, no matter how many times you borrow it, it costs 70 yen (tax included), and the normal usage fee is 420 yen (tax included) per month.
Where can I borrow it?
In Chuo-ku, you can rent it around the Yaesu Underground Shopping Center around Tokyo Station, as well as around Kyobashi Station and Mitsukoshimae Station.
How do you use it?
You can easily use it simply by registering as a friend on LINE.
We were able to check videos introducing how to use them and rental spots, and we were able to start using them immediately.
If you take out the umbrella from the box and read the QR code on the umbrella handle with your smartphone, a PIN will be displayed on your smartphone, so adjust the dial on the handle and press the button to open the umbrella and use it You.
The return place is OK even if you have not borrowed it, read the QR code in the umbrella box to be returned, fold the umbrella and put it in the box to end.
Since the charge is in units of 24 hours, it seems that even if you borrow it on the way home from the company and return it the next morning, it will be 70 yen.
The design of the umbrella is an ancient map of Edo!
At the start of rental around Tokyo Station, a new design was created from three old maps (Edo Kirie) provided by Buyodo Co., Ltd.
It is a combination of "Tsukiji Hatchobori Nippon Minami-Eki", "Nihonbashi Kita-Kamidahama-cho-eki", and "Edo Daimyokoji-eki" in the late Edo period Kaei era as umbrella patterns.
※Buyodo Co., Ltd. is a map specialty store located near Nihonbashi Takashimaya, famous for its "Treasure Island of Maps".
A variety of businesses have begun, including car sharing, rental bikes, share houses, share offices, etc., and I feel that the times are changing from ownership to sharing and sustainable society.
