It was a long, rainy walk from the Ebina station when I asked myself why I always did this to myself: suffer wet feet when abroad. The next afternoon I scoured the Shibuya shops for a pair of travel rain boots, light wellies, or as these seem to go by, "Shoes Cover of Boots Type", which in my mind I still call "Shoes Type Boots of Cover". I also scored a set of retractable earbuds with 3 different pads sizes to custom fit your ear's outer canal. It seems that if you think of it, they're already selling it in Japan.
These "Shoes Cover of Boots Type" pack flat, taking no room in your bag. I didn't have my phrase book on hand to ask if I could try them on, so I bought two sizes. If I had the phrase book, surely I would have been asking, "Size rain buy, for try, me the to boots, please?" and ended up buying three pairs.
This is where I offered the too-big-for-me pair.
