This is probably going to sound kind of stupid, but I'll ask anyways.
What are trash days exactly and what happens if you miss them? I assume it's someone picking up the trash in your area a certain day of the week, but if you were to miss it couldn't you just throw it in the other trash area being retrieved that day?
Japan picks up different types of trash on different days of the week: Burnable, recyclable, etc. If you miss a day, you have to wait until the next one for that trash type. That could be a week unless your area has multiple days for that type of trash or not. Since each pickup day is for specific types of trash you can't put out the wrong kind of trash on the wrong days. Generally they won't pick it up, and it being left lying there in the way would be a bother to your neighbors. And if the trash people pick it up by accident, it's going to cause problems for them when they unload it. Causing problems for society is a really bad thing to do in Japan, since their culture prizes conformity and not making waves.
So missing a trash day can be a bigger deal for people in Japan than it is in many other countries.
Edit: In this case it means Sakurako can't take the trash out until next week. If there's nowhere in the house to store it for a week, she can't clean her room.
last edited at Jan 1, 2022 5:20PM
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