Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The tap water in Japan is safe to drink. So refill your water bottle in the hotel room and carry it with you. Although there are vending machines everywhere (and I mean everywhere: one machine per 23 people in Japan!) you don’t want to get through hundreds […]
Wildlife & Environment
Going Green in Japan – Tip #5: Eat seasonal, local food
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In the UK we think having strawberries in the supermarket all year round is a basic human right. This is not very green: think food miles, pesticides and heated greenhouses. Japan, on the other hand, really excels at seasonal, local food. In Japan the changing of seasons […]
Going Green in Japan – Tip #4: Use public transport
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
The mighty Shinkansen ('bullet' train)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Public transport in Japan is clean, punctual and the fastest way to travel. And we all know that public transport beats cars on the green front. Why would you travel by any other means? With a public transport network as good as Japan’s, it is silly not […]
Going Green in Japan – Tip #3: Turn off the a/c
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The summer months in Japan are hot. And sticky. And quite uncomfortable. Especially if you come from the UK, where our current July weather is a miserable, grey 15 degrees Celsius. Fortunately almost all hotels and ryokan have air conditioning units in the guest rooms. But please […]
Going Green in Japan – Tip #2: Make full use of the loos!
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Down the eco-friendly Japanese toilet
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Westerners have written lots about the wonders of the Japanese toilet. But keep an eye out for toilets like this: These toilets have a tap above the cistern, so you can wash your hands as your flush. Genius water saving measures from the Japanese 🙂 Japanese toilets […]
Going Green in Japan – Tip #1: Avoid disposable chopsticks
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Here’s a shocking statistic: Japan gets through 24 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks (waribashi) a year. That’s 185 pairs per person. This amounts to A LOT of wood, causing huge deforestation problems, mostly in neighbouring countries such as China. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Here’s a shocking statistic: Japan gets through 24 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks (waribashi) a year. That’s 185 pairs per person. This amounts to A LOT of wood, causing huge deforestation problems, mostly in neighbouring countries such as China. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!