On: Most first-time visitors to Japan are struck by how clean the country is

[seanmcdirmid]

Japan has a lack of trash cans also. The idea is to get people to think about their waste and carry it home. It goes hand in hand with their hyper recycling culture, which I could never really figure out what bin to put stuff in on my last visit.

[james_s_tayler → seanmcdirmid]

The idea is they got freaked out after the 1995 sarin gas attack and in a knee-jerk reaction took away all the rubbish bins.