putting out your trash

In Tokyo, since the roadways are sometimes narrow, there are areas to put trash out, this is so the garbage truck can easily access it

For homes, they seem to have "groups" where they (the housewives) take turns cleaning their trash area after it is picked up

Most condos in Tokyo, seem to have a "room" to put trash into and have staff to take it out on the trash days

When we lived in Osaka, our apartment only had an area that we could put our trash, the people who picked up the trash had access to it so no one had to put it out for pick up (photo from 2018 when we moved from Osaka to Tokyo) and we were only allowed to put the trash out on the morning of the pick up not from the night before

Sometimes, if you miss the time for trash pick up, you can “sneak” your trash under another net/area

The nets are supposed to deter the crows, but if you don’t cover the trash properly, the crows pull out the trash bags and make a mess!

I took this photo (above) when the guy in beige brought his trash down the street and tried to put it under the net and the lady in black ran out immediately to tell him that he wasn't allowed to put his trash there

I think she didn't want his garbage there because if the crows made a mess, she'd have to clean it up...

in the photo, you can also see a lady on the left cleaning up what the crows did to a "groups" trash area

Lots of unwritten rules, yeah?!