"Ikasa" is Japan's first full-scale umbrella sharing service, launched with the missions of "making rainy days comfortable and happy" and "eliminating disposable umbrellas." Instead of buying a plastic umbrella every time you get caught in a sudden rain shower, you can use a dedicated app to borrow a durable "Ikasa" at a station or in town, and return it to the nearest umbrella spot when the rain stops. This service helps you live a rich life with limited resources, reduce the wasteful consumption of plastic umbrellas, and reduce CO2 emissions (reducing approximately 692g of CO2 with each use of Ikasa*).
The "2030 Zero Disposable Umbrellas Project" was launched in 2022 with the aim of "eliminating disposable umbrellas by 2030 through umbrella sharing and making it a normal part of the culture not to use disposable umbrellas."

Under Environmental Policy, MIRARTH HOLDINGS Group is working to "Promotion of resource recycling." We felt that this service could contribute to our group's goal of "creating a sustainable, earth-friendly environment." Not only does it help reduce CO2 emissions by reducing umbrella waste, but it is also a service that enriches people's lives by helping them deal with sudden rain and reducing the amount of luggage they need to carry, which was very appealing to us, and we decided to sponsor the project. We believe that by participating in this project, we can demonstrate to both inside and outside the company our determination to evolve into “future environment design company”

Supporting the service through sponsorship will not only help expand the service itself, but by rolling out our original umbrellas and setting up umbrella spots in more familiar locations such as our head office and group companies, we hope to help employees feel closer to sustainability and make it their own. We are issuing free coupons so that employees and business partners can make active use of them, and we hope that they will experience a life that is convenient, comfortable, and eco-friendly even on rainy days. We hope that this initiative will spread the actions of each and every employee that "make the future of people and the earth happy." (RI)

When considering our original umbrella, we reconsidered many times, aiming for a design that would appeal to many people. We adopted a design in which a rainbow, which is a symbol of an element of our MIRARTH logo, appears when it gets wet in the rain, allowing people to see the rainbow even in the rain. Initially, we considered dark colors such as navy or black so that men would be able to easily pick it up and the rainbow would stand out, but because it would be difficult for drivers to see it in dark times such as at night and it would be dangerous, we also considered safety and arrived at the current gray-based design. (SW)