Random Japan #58 :: Talking Trash Cans
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One of the somewhat pointless pet bottle/can bins, where you are suppose to sort them but they lead to the same bag so… yeah. Also, someone took the cover off to better throw in other trash.
On the plus side, it reminds me of Kermit.
Trivia fact: In Japan, larger apartments like this are called “mansions”. Sometimes. The distinction isn’t entirely clear even to Japanese people, but usually “mansions” use reinforced concrete and are constructed to last longer, whereas apartments are prefab things only made to last 20 years and usually only 1 or 2 floors. But realtors and advertisements refer to all as “mansions” in order to make them sound nicer.
A typical view down a typical street with typical writing on it. The vastly different sized windows on that house are also a typical thing to see on typical modern lego houses.
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Cute trash can! That drink machine reminds me of my daughter's experience in Tokyo on her trip earlier this year. She said she could buy a drink/coffee from a machine, but she had to drink it by the machine, throw the container away and not walk around on the streets with it! She and her friend were told it was bad manners? Is that true of all of Japan? In the good old USA, you see people walking everywhere with their coffees, soft drinks, etc.
Your daughter was being a very polite foreigner. :) Walking around while eating or drinking is bad manners, yeah, but as always with these things older folks care about that much more than younger. And walking around while drinking is becoming more and more common everywhere, probably because with bottled drinks it is so much easier to do, so you see it more often. I often see Japanese people and foreigners alike walking around with drinks.
Trash can is the one thing that it’s difficult to find out in Japan 🇯🇵 😆
Too true!