This is a sign at the Uneo Zoo in Tokyo.

I love the bicycles in Tokyo. They’re a lot like the beater bikes you see in Toronto, except that they’re not twenty years old and rusting - instead they are shiny new bikes that only require flimsy locks in the bike-theft free world of Japan.

It’s kind of a cruiser-style shape without the bulkiness and weight.

Here is a detail of the locks that are most often seen on bicycles in Tokyo. They are rings that are attached to the back wheel and they “lock” the back wheel with a turn of the key.

Many bikes however, are totally not locked up at all.