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Shibuya Halloween cosplay cleanup crew wants your help this year!
Become a real-life hero in Tokyo. Every Halloween, Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward gets a bad wrap for its unofficial street party, as local partygoers and foreign tourists mark the occasion by crowding the...
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“Otaku” YouTuber confronts Tokyo tough-guy litterers, who’ve got no idea who...
Litterbug smokers aren’t so eager to brawl once they find out they’re picking a fight with a guy who beats people up for a living. Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood is packed with shops, restaurants,...
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Japanese otaku now have special trash box just for merch of their former...
“I don’t love my crush anymore, but I want someone else to give them their love,” says message on Kyoto container. When you spot a trash can in Japan, it’ll usually also have a sign saying what kind...
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How to shrink an empty pizza delivery box – Japanese Twitter shares hydro...
Keep your stomach full of pizza without your kitchen being buried in empty boxes. Whether due to local eateries being closed or a personal decision to avoid eat-in dining as part of social distancing,...
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Japanese city changes “burnable trash” bags to “the only option is to burn...
The Internet rejoices at this new, potent meme fodder: trash bags that declare its contents have no other recourse than to be burnt to a crisp. You may have heard horror stories about the incredibly...
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Idol otaku arrested for bomb threat after his idol T-shirt gets burned
He did the one thing you shouldn’t do if you don’t want your idol merch to go up in smoke. When putting out your trash in Japan, you always have to be conscious of what you’re putting out on burnable...
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Bad day? At least you’re not the guy in this failed getaway video
A video of a man trying to flee the scene after illegal trash dumping has the Japanese web cackling in schadenfreude. If you didn’t know that illegally dumping trash was a crime already, you’ll...
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“The remains of dead dreams” found in Japanese garbage are too painfully real
What happens to a dream deferred? We all have dreams in life. Some of us want to grow up to have certain jobs, or accomplish certain things, or live surrounded by many, many dogs. And in order to...
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Titan trash can to be placed near a Coca-Cola vending machine in Oita to help...
Hopefully it will help people realize they’re not supposed to throw trash in recycling bins. If you’ve lived in Japan, you probably know that the country has very strict rules on how its trash is...
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The Japanese art of making trash containers from old papers
How to make an environmentally friendly container used in a lot of Japanese homes. A visit to a grandparent’s house in Japan can introduce you to a lot of eye-opening things, like the best Japanese...
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Sayonara, trash cans – Tokyo to remove last receptacles next month
Passengers asked to take their trash home with them. Many people have been surprised by the paradox of Tokyo having very little litter but also very few trashcans. Finding a receptacle in the city is...
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Japanese convenience store will now ask customers who ask for a fork to use...
Family Mart no longer gives a fork. In Japan, companies are so committed to customer service that they don’t just say the customer is always right, they say “The customer is god.” But starting next...
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Bomb squad in Japan summoned to take care of…abandoned briefcase full of...
Discharge happened long before investigators were on-scene. On Wednesday morning the Shizuoka prefectural police received a phone call from a resident of the town of Kakegawa. The caller had spotted a...
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How to dispose of pizza boxes: Life hack from Japanese garbage man goes viral...
This unusual tip will shrink your boxes, making them much easier to handle. Dealing with household garbage is a whole process in Japan. Here, residents are required to separate burnable waste from...
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Pet crematorium in Japan was burning trash with animals for more than 10 years
”I just figured that’s how things were done.” In Japan, cremation after death, for both people and pets, is the norm. The country also burns a lot of its garbage. These are supposed to happen at...
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5 million yen in cash found in Otsu City dump
One person’s trash is another’s five million yen. The old arcade game Final Fight has taught me two things: I can solve any problem if I punch enough people and wonderful things can be found by...
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Kyoto town changes names for burnable, landfill trash so people will think...
As always, words have a second meaning behind them in Kyoto. Kyoto has a reputation as a place where there’s a second meaning behind people’s choice of words. Often that meaning is meant to subtly...
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Garbage-collecting samurai keep Japanese streets clean, but what’s their real...
We sit down with the environmentally conscious Gomihiroi Samurai to find out what they’re really about. Japanese streets are generally known for being clean, but that’s no excuse for people to rest...
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Highway rest stop’s new high-tech trash cans are another reason Japan’s...
“They’ve taken their trash cans to the next level.” Japan’s highway rest stops, or “parking areas” as they’re officially called, are practically tourism attractions in their own right. Their food...
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Kyoto merchants want city to install more trash cans to fight litter in...
But an increase alone isn’t likely to completely solve the problem. From its picturesque riverside area and iconic bamboo forest to art galleries and garden restaurants, there’s a lot to see in...
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