Whatever you leave the house with or buy while out and about is exactly what you'll need to take home with you. Compared to the West, there are very few trash cans in public in Tokyo. If you buy something that comes wrapped in packaging, you will probably need to carry it around with you until you get back home. And when you do get back to your hotel, you will notice that disposing of this packaging is a bit more complicated than in the US. Instead of having just trash and recycling, there are many more classifications for how to divide waste. As inconvenient as this may seem to many Westerners, the Japanese relationship to trash actually helps the country stay one of the cleanest in the world. Littering is simply unthinkable for most Japanese, and these behaviors make people much more conscientious about what they consume. Most foreigners who come to Japan for the first time are often surprised (and sometimes perplexed) by the very systematic and precise separation and disposal of garbage in the Japanese recycling system. It goes into unexpected detail and sometimes you need to disassemble a piece like for instance – cutting a carton of milk and separating the plastic spout from the paper container. Moreover, each city/ward/area has its own rules, so you have to be careful. Finally, the biggest barrier is the language one as often they garbage disposal guides are either in Japanese only, or the English version is very limited.
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