Where to Throw Away Trash in Tokyo (Map)

Short answer: carry a small bag and take your trash with you — Japan has few public bins on the street. Bins are most often found at convenience stores and train stations (JNTO); the map below shows bins volunteers have mapped in central Tokyo.

Why this page: in the Japan Tourism Agency survey of 4,110 visitors leaving Japan (FY2025), “few trash bins” was the No.1 problem (17.2%).

Map: bins mapped on OpenStreetMap

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). 468 points tagged amenity=waste_basket in central Tokyo, fetched November 4, 2026. Honest limits: volunteer data, far from complete, not checked on the ground; many are in parks; some may be gone, and many convenience-store and station bins are not on it. Missing bin you know? Anyone can add it on openstreetmap.org.

Tips (from JNTO)

• Carry a small trash bag in your day bag.
• Look for bins at convenience stores and in transport stations.
• Don't leave trash in public places; if there is no bin, keep it until you find one.

Not confirmed by an official source, so left out: whether every convenience store lets non-customers use its bins, ward-by-ward official bin lists (we found no open dataset for Tokyo's 23 wards).

Quick answers

Why are there so few trash bins in Tokyo?

JNTO says public bins are scarce on Japanese streets; you may find them at convenience stores and transport stations. Carry a small bag and take your trash with you until you find one.

Is this map complete?

No. It shows 468 bins mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers in central Tokyo (data fetched Nov 4, 2026). Many real bins are missing and some may have been removed.

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