How do you say "sun parasol" in Japanese?

Name: It Is Not Raining in Tokyo. So Why Is Everyone Walking Under an Umbrella?
Uploaded: 2026-07-29T22:00:17Z
Duration: 52 s
Description: Learn to say 日傘 (higasa) — sun parasol. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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It Is Not Raining in Tokyo. So Why Is Everyone Walking Under an Umbrella?

To say sun parasol in Japanese, say 日傘 (higasa).

Clear blue sky, thirty six degrees, and the people around you have their umbrellas up.

日傘 higasa sun parasol

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In this video

暑いので、日傘をさします。 atsui node, higasa o sashimasu. It is hot, so I put up a parasol.
日傘はどこにありますか。 higasa wa doko ni arimasu ka. Where are the parasols?

Kanji in this phrase

日傘: ひがさ
遮光: しゃこう

Why this phrase

Japan's answer to a brutal summer is not a hat, it is a 日傘, a sun parasol. Every konbini and hundred yen shop sells one, nobody thinks it looks strange, and under it you feel several degrees cooler than out in the open sun.