Where I live (near UC Santa Barbara) bikes are stollen every day, often while being chained to bike racks by Kryptonite locks. How I wish there was a wasuremono box nearby for some kind stranger to leave my stollen mountain bike in :(
Oooof Sam I really feel for you! Bikes are very, very popular in Japan and yet I rarely see a bike lock. Today, on my morning walk, I passed bike parking lots, racks in front of stores, personal driveways and porches mostly with unlocked bikes just chilling on their kickstands ... if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I'd think it was too good to be true!
I love these stories Leila - you tell them so well! My mother-in-law left her wallet on a concrete berm by a bench she was sitting at on a busy Singapore street and only realized it much later. I think it was either several hours later, or possibly even the next day, she retraced her steps and there it was, still sitting on the berm with all of its contents intact! You've gotta love the asian sense of honor - only wish it would rub off on us!
Where I live (near UC Santa Barbara) bikes are stollen every day, often while being chained to bike racks by Kryptonite locks. How I wish there was a wasuremono box nearby for some kind stranger to leave my stollen mountain bike in :(
Oooof Sam I really feel for you! Bikes are very, very popular in Japan and yet I rarely see a bike lock. Today, on my morning walk, I passed bike parking lots, racks in front of stores, personal driveways and porches mostly with unlocked bikes just chilling on their kickstands ... if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I'd think it was too good to be true!
I love these stories Leila - you tell them so well! My mother-in-law left her wallet on a concrete berm by a bench she was sitting at on a busy Singapore street and only realized it much later. I think it was either several hours later, or possibly even the next day, she retraced her steps and there it was, still sitting on the berm with all of its contents intact! You've gotta love the asian sense of honor - only wish it would rub off on us!
Wow, this is fantastic! This is how it should be.