Saturday 20 October 2012

Garbage As Art In Japan

How clean is Japan? Cleaner than the United States, no question about it. And let's not do a comparison to India, thank you. Japan has the clean thing down, from hi tech bathrooms to wearing masks at the slightest chance of spreading something. It's warfare on germs.

Trash is a four letter word in Japan. No litter around, no stinky dumpsters, everything has its hygienic system of removal. On trash day in Kyoto, you have to place your stuff in special yellow trash bags (that come complete with printed cartoony instructions and warnings) and then leave them outside at a specific time for pick up.

The final piece de resistance with the garbage is the required blue net to place over the gaggle of bags. Like tying up your trash and sealing it with a bow - amazing!




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