Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In Japan plastic, paper, PET bottles, aluminium and glass are collected and recycled by law. It’s easy to recycle while you are travelling through Japan. Public rubbish bins (trash cans) found in train stations or outside convenience stores are separated into containers for different materials. Most are […]
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Going Green in Japan – Tip #8: Refuse plastic bags
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In Japanese culture presentation is everything. And this extends not only to exquisite layers of kimono and delicately wrapped gifts for example, but packaging: heavily packaged goods, individually wrapped fruit and thousands upon thousands of plastic bags. Here’s an example. I went to buy lunch in a […]
Going Green in Japan – Tip #6: Drink the tap water
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The tap water in Japan is safe to drink. So refill your water bottle in the hotel room and carry it with you. Although there are vending machines everywhere (and I mean everywhere: one machine per 23 people in Japan!) you don’t want to get through hundreds […]
Going Green in Japan – Tip #5: Eat seasonal, local food
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In the UK we think having strawberries in the supermarket all year round is a basic human right. This is not very green: think food miles, pesticides and heated greenhouses. Japan, on the other hand, really excels at seasonal, local food. In Japan the changing of seasons […]
Going Green in Japan – Tip #4: Use public transport
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Public transport in Japan is clean, punctual and the fastest way to travel. And we all know that public transport beats cars on the green front. Why would you travel by any other means? With a public transport network as good as Japan’s, it is silly not […]
Going Green in Japan – Tip #3: Turn off the a/c
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The summer months in Japan are hot. And sticky. And quite uncomfortable. Especially if you come from the UK, where our current July weather is a miserable, grey 15 degrees Celsius. Fortunately almost all hotels and ryokan have air conditioning units in the guest rooms. But please […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The summer months in Japan are hot. And sticky. And quite uncomfortable. Especially if you come from the UK, where our current July weather is a miserable, grey 15 degrees Celsius. Fortunately almost all hotels and ryokan have air conditioning units in the guest rooms. But please […]