I wouldn’t exactly say common. I really needed one when I was in Tokyo about 10 years back and had a hell of a time finding one. And in the countryside you can pretty much forget about it these days
I guess they seem really common if you’re not looking for them because they’re so out of place in the 2020s, but not common at all if you actually need one.
They’re still pretty common in Japan
I wouldn’t exactly say common. I really needed one when I was in Tokyo about 10 years back and had a hell of a time finding one. And in the countryside you can pretty much forget about it these days
I guess they seem really common if you’re not looking for them because they’re so out of place in the 2020s, but not common at all if you actually need one.