Comments on: On Finding a Rubbish Bin in Japan

By: Politely Impolite « buildingmybento

Politely Impolite « buildingmybento — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:20:29 +0000

[…] waste – the rubbish bins, not me – at the time, but there’s a good chance that, due to the 1995 sarin gas attacks in the Tokyo metro, all of the street bins were removed from the city. You can still find places to hurl your […]

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11 ♥ Days in Japan: [2] Ueno.Gotemba Premium Outlets | eilart — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:38:24 +0000

[…] I googled on finding a rubbish bin in Japan and this link popped up.. Well, if you have the time, you can read it…interesting explanation on why you […]

By: Archana

Archana — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:47:34 +0000

It’s the same in London. But we now have bins in some places because no one has put a bomb in a bin in years.

But it felt strange holding lots of rubbish for ages until a fellow Gaijin walked up to me in Tokyo and said, ” Umm..are you looking for a trash can?”

Then he preceded to take the trash from my hands and throw them on the ground. I was horrified!

I used to have a friend in alternative health and wellness who passed herself off as a healer and became frustrated when people didn’t treat her like an all knowing powerful messenger from god. So she tried to start gatherings and prey on weak acquaintances, telling them they need to pay for treatments with her or else they will get ill. Some people started to believe her – it was really scary.

This crazy person is not my friend anymore.

By: A Change in Our City’s Infrastructure After Boston Marathon Bombing

A Change in Our City’s Infrastructure After Boston Marathon Bombing — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:46:04 +0000

[...] cities have removed garbage cans completely from certain dense areas For instance, Tokyo removed garbage cans from its subway and central business district in 1995, after the gruesome Aum Shinrikyo-planned sarin gas attack killed 13 and injured [...]

By: daniel

daniel — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:05:56 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you! It was driving me NUTS a few weeks ago that I couldnt find a trash can there. Crazy story

By: TJ - The Japan Rants

TJ - The Japan Rants — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:52:44 +0000

Hey there,

I wanted to swing by and say thank you so much for the comprehensive post.
I was sitting down to do a post on this for by blog, and ended up getting pulled into your very detailed post on this.
I hope you dont mind but I have linked to your post in mine. (which is here: http://www.thejapanrants.com/blog/tokyo-garbage-cans/)

Really well written.

Im hooked on your site now!

cheers

By: Antisthenes

Antisthenes — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:28:13 +0000

Recycling bins for drinks have not been removed. Why not? Oh… somebody’s making money by selling the drinks. Since the train platforms in Tokyo have commercial space for drink machines, and their receptacles, but ‘security-theater’ makes it impossible to responsibly throw away my litter without carrying it all the way home, I simply put my garbage in the bottle-recycling bins. Despite the OCD sorting of garbage in Japan, all of it is burned, so it doesn’t matter where you bin it.

By: Dear Tokyo, Where are all the garbage cans?! » The Japan Rants

Dear Tokyo, Where are all the garbage cans?! » The Japan Rants — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:41:48 +0000

[...] ThisJapaneseLife.org: http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/02/08/trash-cans-in-japan/ A lot less about the garbage cans, and a lot more about the Aum cult and 1995 incident (Worth [...]

By: Di una crisi di coscienza « Tokyo Hell

Di una crisi di coscienza « Tokyo Hell — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:42:09 +0000

[...] incredula. - Da quando vivo qui non ne ho mai visto uno. Li hanno ritirati tutti negli anni 90, dopo l’attentato al sarin. Un comportamento passivo-aggressivo da manuale. – Mi sono alzata, ho preso una mela e un coltello [...]

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:53:05 +0000

I did research on Aleph's online recruitment techniques circa 2008, and that was the single most depressing semester of my higher education. A and its sequel A2 are great documentaries on the status of the group after their exposure as the perpetrators.