@itslexib: Let’s talk about the TRASH system in Japan 🗑️😭 There are like 9 different kinds of garbage and they’re all picked up on different days. Sometimes it’s “first Saturday,” sometimes “second and third Tuesdays only,” and I’m just out here trying to figure out if my milk carton is burnable or not. You also have to use specific bags and process everything a certain way — rinse this, flatten that, bundle those with string like it’s an art project 😵💫 In the U.S. I just tossed it and kept it moving. Here? It’s an anxiety-inducing ritual 😅 If you’ve ever lived in Japan, tell me: HOW do you remember all this?? #LifeInJapan #JapanCultureShock #JapanProblems #ExpatLife #MovingToJapan #JapanRant #JapaneseTrashSystem #creatorsearchinsights
I would pay a company to sort the trash for me lol
2025-07-23 17:47:02
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Maya :
I’m moving there and that’s one of the things that makes me the most nervous. How long did it take you to get the hang of it?
2025-07-23 17:35:11
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Cherish Warden 🔥🇺🇸🔥🆘 :
IT ALL GETS BURNED TOGETHER DESPITE THE SEPARATION!! why?!?!?!
2025-07-25 03:56:28
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Pulane :
The way I like order and cleanliness, this wouldn’t bother me at all!!
2025-10-09 12:08:14
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Jennifer :
I can barley remember to take my garbage bin the the curb every Tuesday! i would be SOL!
2026-06-15 16:26:38
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my life in Tokyo :
Like most things in Japan, it depends on where you live. In my building we have a trash room and we can put anything in that room at any time, including recyclables, trash, oversized trash, etc. Also no one in my building separates their trash or removes labels from bottles and it’s never been a problem. I’m looking for a new apartment now and I’ve found many buildings that have 24/7 trash rooms where you can bring any trash at any time, not on specific days.
2025-07-24 02:50:59
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Joeおにぎり :
Girl tell me about it 😩 I just take my recycles to my near grocery store. And don’t get me started on the different type of bags 🥹
2025-07-23 23:17:13
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Kristi :
But I bet you can get sooo much matcha!!!!!!
2025-07-23 19:14:53
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Jenn B 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 :
I would end up getting reusable everything 😭
2025-07-24 03:58:00
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Tonikoro Studios :
OH man, your area is intense!😎 Nagoya was not that 'kuwashii', but i don't miss having to buy those bags every other week. But some of that could have been the apartment (designers mansion) I was last living in, which had bins. Also hcardboard! up carboard!
2025-07-23 21:11:36
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#StarChild :
Ill order out every day
2025-09-19 03:02:14
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GameBun :
Virtual calendar reminders are a life saver
2025-07-23 17:49:53
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BurntBagel :
being blessed that I moved close to a base for now. 2 trash days, dont matter whats in it (we still separate glass and cans) but having a new baby makes diapers easy 😮💨
2025-08-29 18:35:04
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Jaliah :
Literally!!! It’s so frustrating and complicated
2025-08-01 06:59:17
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Lexi Made Me Do It :
I exposed myself messing up the plastic bottle pick up when I first moved here 😂
2025-07-23 16:47:33
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Suzy3175 :
I love how little the garbage trucks are
2025-07-25 01:41:41
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Mecca Lovett :
Oof, girl here in Tokyo they do NOT gaf for better or worse 😭 People just be throwin out stuff any ole kinda way over here
2025-07-24 08:57:47
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James :
I have gotten my visa, I'm grateful 🙏
2025-09-15 01:12:45
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天使🪽 :
Alr, I'm going to need a roomate because I WILL forget about this 😭
2025-07-25 03:59:11
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a ☁️ :
What about the food waste?
2025-07-24 10:18:52
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Luna Lotus680 :
But there is only 7 days 😅
2025-08-21 12:35:15
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milaship6 :
I always got in trouble and found notices 😩 it took me a whole year to get it together lol ahhh the best 3 yrs of my life
2025-07-31 23:39:37
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jamie :
do you have to keep the trash in your apt till they come to pick it up?
2025-07-23 22:05:32
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Giovanni Valencia :
the trash is holy for japanese people
2025-07-25 21:03:23
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ivvannakrai :
idk what it says about me, that I actually like this...
2025-07-26 12:03:43
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