Recycling in Japan: Dos and Donts

With seven floors of shopping goodness, find the unique and practical in this department store. Nagoya's previous international airport has reverted to a general purpose airport with commuter and private business flights. There are airport limousine buses to Komaki airport from outside the Meitetsu Melsa building near Nagoya Station and from Nishiharu Station on the Meitetsu Inuyama Line. JR Bus  operate bus services between the airport and Nagoya Station, whereas the Meitetsu bus to Centrair calls at various hotels in Fushimi and Sakae as well as the Oasis 21 bus center before going to Centrair. The bus journey takes about one hour and presently costs 1,000 yen.
Best bets for cameras and electronics include Bic Camera, a massive 5 story camera and electronics megastore across the street from Nagoya station (on the Taiko-dori side). Osu Market also has a number of large and small electronics shops, including Goodwill (computers and peripherals - otaku culture fans will also want to check out the maid cafe in the basement), DOS Para and others. Unfortunately, some of the electronics shops in Osu are not located on the main shopping streets, and you may have to ask around to find them. There are also two Eiden electronics superstores located in Fushimi and near JR Ozone stn on the JR Chuo Line. I stayed at Nagoyaeki Access Hotel which is a clean and modern 2-star hotel located just a short walk from Nagoya Station. My room had a desk and a television and was bigger than the average business hotel room in Japan, which I appreciated.

Sent every Tuesday and containing a selection of the most important news highlights. Other projects that were shortlisted in the sustainable building category for the Dezeen Awards 2021 include Ibuku's bamboo gymnasium building and CplusC Architectural Workshop's house with an aquaponic system. The studio's previous work includes a woodland retreat designed to resemble a cluster of timber teepees, and a wedding chapel featuring two intertwining 草刈り spiral staircases that meet at a rooftop viewing platform. The building's facades are made using timber offcuts and approximately 700 windows donated by the community. The fixtures were measured, repaired  and assigned a position using computer software, creating a seemingly random yet precise patchwork effect. A circular building housing the four-room hotel forms the dot of a question mark when the building is viewed from above.

Some cities provide a set of vouchers for residents to get their ration of bags. Otherwise, the bags can easily be purchased at local supermarkets, convenience stores, and home centres. Certain types of garbage in designated plastic bags that you’ll have to purchase.
Visit the 5-level atrium that is said to be the highest elevated outdoor observatory in Japan. Here you can see the view  of Nagoya’s skyline, which is an attractive sight, especially at night. Kitakyushu Airport is located on a man-made island outside the city center and connected with Kokura Station by direct buses (40 minutes, 710 yen one way, about 1 bus/hour). Alternatively, the nearest train station to Kitakyushu Airport, JR Kusami Station, can be reached in a 20 minute bus ride (420 yen one way, about 2 buses/hour).

Asuke, where you can visit the Korankei Gorge and enjoy the changing of leaves in autumn and blossoms in spring. Tsushima - Visit Tenno River park in the spring to see amazing cherry blossoms and wisteria. (Subway Sakae stn. , Exit 7. 5 min walk from Crystal Hiroba in the Sakae subway mall. In Sugi Building, 8th floor, which is across the street from Sakae Gas Building at Shirakawa Street Ohtsu Crossing on Ohtsu Street.
Plus occasional updates on Dezeen’s services and breaking news. Windows and doors that cover the walls were donated by the local communityRecycled glass and pottery were used to create terrazzo flooring. Materials donated by companies, including bricks, tiles, wooden flooring and fabrics, were all repurposed within the building. The community gradually developed a system that sees waste separated into 45 categories, with a recycling rate that surpasses 80 per cent. The Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center is made predominantly using waste materials and features on the shortlist of the sustainable building category for Dezeen Awards 2021. This is a pond-centered Japanese garden built in the style of a daimyo garden of the Edo Era.

Due to the miso pickling process, these eggs have a shelf life up to 1 month. It's made by mixing rice flour, wheat flour, sugar, and hot water. It comes in a variety of flavors including green tea and brown sugar. While originally from China, this sweet is a perfect representation of the personality of Nagoya  residents. This restaurant serves unique yakitori using the pride and joy of Aichi - Mikawa Aka-dori and Nagoya Cochin.
A distinctive food culture exists full of local delicacies such as Kishimen , Tebasaki , Misonikomi , and much more. Nagoya’s population density is only one-third of that of Tokyo or Osaka. The city has a number of lush parks that are great for enjoying the weather, jogging, or taking part in the many seasonal events that are held in the city. It’s also a great place for enjoying professional sporting events such as baseball and soccer as well as the annual Nagoya Tournament of the Japan Sumo Association.
In addition, meeting and banquet facilities are offered at an extra charge. Rinku J Hotel is within a 10-minute drive of INAX Live Museum and Yakimono Sanpomichi. Set in Tokoname, Four Points by Sheraton Nagoya, Chubu International Airport provides a fitness centre. The accommodation features free shuttle service, a 24-hour front desk and luggage storage for guests.

Possibly the best example of Nagoya-based collaboration is the invention of high-performance blue light-emitting diodes , which many people thought would be impossible. After 20 years of effort, Isamu Akasaki, an emeritus professor of Nagoya University, succeeded in 1989 in developing the illuminant device based on a gallium-nitride semiconductor. The technology for keratinocyte cultivation developed by Minoru Ueda is being commercialized by the Nagoya University spin-off J-TEC. Nagoya University Hospital forms part of an extensive medical network that includes a number of major hospitals in the Nagoya region. The Nagoya University Hospital and the Nagoya medical network are set to apply Nagoya University's preventive medical system in an effort to prevent cancer, metabolic syndrome and the spread of pandemic influenza. Hori is using this new technology to fabricate maze-like structures of carbon nanowalls with aspect ratios of around 300.
To avoid all of this hassle and embarrassment, just sort out your trash properly. At the owner's discretion, you may be able to recycle electronic appliances  at the place of purchase. If you are unable to give your appliances to the original store, your next best option is to call the Waste Electric Appliances Collection. These items are simply things that can not be taken by a garbage truck. This section can be the most stressful to get rid of as it normally requires a lot of steps, but don’t stress we are going to cover easy ways to dispose of these items in the next section.