mytest
Books, eBooks, and more from Debito Arudou, Ph.D. (click on icon):
UPDATES ON TWITTER: arudoudebito
DEBITO.ORG PODCASTS on iTunes, subscribe free
“LIKE” US on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/debitoorg
https://www.facebook.com/embeddedrcsmJapan
http://www.facebook.com/handbookimmigrants
https://www.facebook.com/JapaneseOnlyTheBook
https://www.facebook.com/BookInAppropriate
If you like what you read and discuss on Debito.org, please consider helping us stop hackers and defray maintenance costs with a little donation via my webhoster:
All donations go towards website costs only. Thanks for your support!
Hi Blog. Following up from yesterday’s blog entry on “Big Garbage Day”, let me ask Readers: What’s the favorite thing you’ve found in the Gomi?
I’ll start: Tatami mats. Took them back to my one-room apartment and instantly felt like I had leveled up in life. During my first few months of my first year in Sapporo in an upper-middle-class neighborhood. Good thing I was only aged 22 and it was a bachelor pad. And I hadn’t yet realized I was allergic to tatami. But I slept on a futon atop the allergenics for many months anyway.
What are your stories? Debito Arudou, PhD
======================
Do you like what you read on Debito.org? Want to help keep the archive active and support Debito.org’s activities? Please consider donating a little something. More details here. Or if you prefer something less complicated, just click on an advertisement below.
1 comment on “SUMMER TANGENT: What is your favorite “Sodai Gomi no Hi” find, or story?”
I’m not sure I have a Sodai Gomi story about something I’ve discovered there, but I do have a nice story from Isesaki in Gunma.
I had to throw out several large items and needed to find a local facility where I could dispose of them. I was actually very impressed with how the place operated. When you arrived, they weighed your car, and then they weighed it again when you left. The difference in weight was used to calculate the disposal fee.
It was a long, circuitous drive up to the place where I had to unload everything. Once I got there, I met two older guys, an age group I now belong to myself. I helped them drag the stuff out of the back of my car and haul it over to the various disposal areas, where they sent everything down different chutes.
Everyone was very friendly and cordial, and the whole experience was surprisingly pleasant. I just thought the whole operation was really cool, very well organized and efficient, but also staffed by people who were friendly and helpful. I was genuinely impressed, and I have to commend them for the way they ran the place.