Comments on: Garbage… http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/ An Aussie girl living in Tokyo with her Japanese boyfriend trying to make sense of her crazy yet funny Japanese life... Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:55:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Lulu http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/#comment-776 Lulu Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:32:47 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/#comment-776 Suzy- In the 23ku`s of Tokyo it seems a lot more simpler. But I am a `shi` not a `ku` and I guess that makes all the difference. Yokohama used to be simple too but it has gotten a lot more complicated. The kindy I`m at now is in Musashino-shi too, but we just do burnable and non-burnable with the kids because it is complicated enough. Only problem is that sometimes the non-burnable garbage comes back to us if we put cans in it...Instead of putting the cans out seperately. I don`t know about the different furnace. They`d have to be doing something with it though...with all the people in Japan...if they just dumped all the rubbish somewhere then we would be covered in it by now. Jen- Hehe, furniture on the street here works the same way, but you can only put it out like once or twice a month on certain days. And I think it is only in the 23 ku`s of Tokyo, not where I am in west tokyo. Not sure though. I need all my furnature still!!! It does my head in sometimes when I don`t have time to do it but most of the time I am fine with it. I am quite used to it now I suppose. Phil- Glad my rant was helpful for something! Amanda- I feel for you and Steph though. Crappy neighbours suck!!!! Suzy- In the 23ku`s of Tokyo it seems a lot more simpler. But I am a `shi` not a `ku` and I guess that makes all the difference. Yokohama used to be simple too but it has gotten a lot more complicated. The kindy I`m at now is in Musashino-shi too, but we just do burnable and non-burnable with the kids because it is complicated enough. Only problem is that sometimes the non-burnable garbage comes back to us if we put cans in it…Instead of putting the cans out seperately.

I don`t know about the different furnace. They`d have to be doing something with it though…with all the people in Japan…if they just dumped all the rubbish somewhere then we would be covered in it by now.

Jen- Hehe, furniture on the street here works the same way, but you can only put it out like once or twice a month on certain days. And I think it is only in the 23 ku`s of Tokyo, not where I am in west tokyo. Not sure though. I need all my furnature still!!!

It does my head in sometimes when I don`t have time to do it but most of the time I am fine with it. I am quite used to it now I suppose.

Phil- Glad my rant was helpful for something!

Amanda- I feel for you and Steph though. Crappy neighbours suck!!!!

]]> By: Amanda http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/#comment-775 Amanda Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:55:16 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/#comment-775 Oh my gosh... that's just too much. Seriously. No. I have rubbish issues which I'm determined to win, but they're much more like Steph's than an issue with crazy sorting systems... how do you cope!?! Oh my gosh… that’s just too much. Seriously. No. I have rubbish issues which I’m determined to win, but they’re much more like Steph’s than an issue with crazy sorting systems… how do you cope!?!

]]> By: Phil http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/#comment-774 Phil Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:58:32 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/#comment-774 I've got a headache just trying to read your instructions but thanks for reminding me it's bin day today! I’ve got a headache just trying to read your instructions but thanks for reminding me it’s bin day today!

]]> By: Jen http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/#comment-773 Jen Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:08:25 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/#comment-773 When I was in Korea you had to separate garbage as well, though I believe all the different bags were super, super cheap and available everywhere. I don't think they had quite as many rules, but I remember garbage was collected about four days a week. Any furniture you don't want anymore you just leave on the foodpath and all the foreigners come and collect it to furnish their own apartments :D And people here whinge about having to separate bottles/cans/glass and paper into one bin away from general rubbish :) When I was in Korea you had to separate garbage as well, though I believe all the different bags were super, super cheap and available everywhere.

I don’t think they had quite as many rules, but I remember garbage was collected about four days a week. Any furniture you don’t want anymore you just leave on the foodpath and all the foreigners come and collect it to furnish their own apartments :D
And people here whinge about having to separate bottles/cans/glass and paper into one bin away from general rubbish :)

]]> By: suzy http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/#comment-772 suzy Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:18:50 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2007/03/20/garbage/#comment-772 Kichijoji must have the most complicated garbage rules in Japan! Shibuya-ku was just burnable/non burnable and then in the basement of our building there were separate bins for cans, PET bottles and glass, and a place to put newspaper so it wasn't too bad. (Although one time someone threw out a huge kitchen cupboard in the garbage room, and they put up a big notice in English (there were only maybe 3 apartments with foreigners in them out of 20 or more), I guess it was assumed that only a gaijin could be so stupid as to flout the garbage rules!) BTW, someone told me that they burn both burnable and non-burnable garbage, but non-burnable goes in a special furnace... do you know if that's true? Kichijoji must have the most complicated garbage rules in Japan! Shibuya-ku was just burnable/non burnable and then in the basement of our building there were separate bins for cans, PET bottles and glass, and a place to put newspaper so it wasn’t too bad.

(Although one time someone threw out a huge kitchen cupboard in the garbage room, and they put up a big notice in English (there were only maybe 3 apartments with foreigners in them out of 20 or more), I guess it was assumed that only a gaijin could be so stupid as to flout the garbage rules!)

BTW, someone told me that they burn both burnable and non-burnable garbage, but non-burnable goes in a special furnace… do you know if that’s true?

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