How many trash cans are there in Tokyo?

743 that a visitor can use are on record, and 133 of them have been checked on the ground in the last 18 months. We show what is on record rather than what we guess is there — we would rather show you four you can trust than forty you cannot.

Can I use a convenience-store bin without buying anything?

Officially no — those bins are for customers, and many stores moved them inside for exactly that reason. Buy a drink and it is uncontroversial.

What do I do if the bin is gone?

Tell us — one tap on the spot screen — and it drops down the ranking for everyone else. Then take the next checked point on the list; the app shows it with the walking time.

Where can I throw away trash in Tokyo?

In this order: the JR station you are nearest to (bins on platforms and concourses inside the gates; the subway has none since 2022), a convenience store where you buy something, a department-store food hall for food you bought there, the SmaGO street bins in Shibuya and Omotesando, and your hotel. Bottles and cans go in the box beside any vending machine. This map holds 743 usable public bins on record across Tokyo, 133 checked on the ground, each with walking time and what it accepts.

Why are there no trash cans in Tokyo?

Because they were removed on purpose. Public bins came out of stations and streets after the 1995 subway sarin attack and mostly never returned, and Tokyo Metro and Toei took the last ones out of every subway station in 2022. What remains is a system of habits: carry it, use the shop's bin when you buy something, return bottles beside the vending machine, empty the bag at your hotel. This map has 743 usable public bins on record across Tokyo prefecture, 133 of them checked on the ground.

Where can I throw away trash in Shibuya?

At the SmaGO solar bins on the street around the station, Miyashita Park and Omotesando (3 operator-announced points on this map), inside the JR station on the platforms, and at any convenience store where you buy something. The scramble crossing itself has no bins; the ward relies on the SmaGO units and on shops. See the Shibuya Station page for the checked points with walking time.

Is there a trash can map for Tokyo?

This one. Open the map and it shows the nearest checked bins with walking time, what each accepts and whether you may use it, across 743 usable points on record in Tokyo. It works in the browser with no account, in eight languages, and switches to public toilets, smoking areas and drinking water with one tap. Points somebody has checked recently rank above unchecked ones, so the list is short on purpose.

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Where to throw away trash in Tokyo

743 disposal points in Tokyo are on the map. 133 of them have been checked on the ground in the last 18 months — the most recent on 2026-09-12. Those are the ones this page lists first.

133 / 743Checked / on the map

A point counts only with a survey date.

361 / 743With directions / on the map

A pin with no sentence saying where it is cannot be found on the ground.

655Anyone may use

No purchase, no ticket.

86Conditional

Bottles and cans only, or customers only.

2026-09-12Most recent survey

The newest date anyone recorded here.

The points worth walking to

Checked points first. Tap one to open it on the map with walking directions.

SmaGO — OmotesandoPublic · checked 2026-08-04 · general, can, pet bottleVerified Recycling bin near Azabu-juban StationBottles & cans only · checked 2026-03-15 · pet bottleVerified SmaGO — Shibuya FukurasPublic · checked 2025-04-01 · general, can, pet bottleVerified SmaGO — Tokyo Dome CityPublic · checked 2025-03-21 · general, can, pet bottleVerified SmaGO — Tsukiji Outer MarketPublic · checked 2024-12-04 · general, can, pet bottleVerified SmaGO — Minami-machida Grandberry ParkPublic · checked 2023-03-10 · general, can, pet bottleVerified JR East recycling station — Osaki StationPublic · checked 2022-12-16 · general, pet bottle, can, glassVerified JR East recycling station — Tokyo StationPublic · checked 2022-12-05 · general, pet bottle, can, glassVerified JR East recycling station — Ebisu StationPublic · general, pet bottle, can, glassVerified JR East recycling station — Ikebukuro StationPublic · general, pet bottle, can, glassVerified SmaGO — Musashino Eco re ZortPublic · general, can, pet bottleVerified SmaGO — RAYARD MIYASHITA PARKPublic · general, can, pet bottleVerified

Stations with the most points nearby

Telecom Center Station	21
Keisei-Ueno Station	17
Water Bus Station	16
Korakuen Station	14
Nezu Station	14
Kita-Senju Station	11
Ueno Station	11
Asakusabashi Station	9

What the bins here accept

General	631
Can	117
Pet Bottle	114
Glass	51
Other	19

Tokyo, specifically

Tokyo has fewer public bins than any other capital, and they sit in a few predictable places. Tokyo Metro and Toei removed the bins from every subway station in 2022, so the working bins are at JR stations (platforms and concourses, inside the gates), in convenience stores (increasingly inside the shop beside the counter), in department-store food halls, and in the solar-compacting SmaGO bins that shopping districts (Shibuya, Omotesando, Miyashita Park) and a few municipal facilities have put on the street in recent years: 9 of those are on this map as operator-announced points (Minami-machida Grandberry Park, Musashino Eco re Zort, Omotesando, RAYARD MIYASHITA PARK). On record for the whole prefecture: 743 usable bins, 133 checked.

Central wards back the no-litter norm with ordinances: Chiyoda fines street smoking 2,000 yen on the spot, and Shibuya, Shinjuku and Minato mark designated smoking areas near the big station exits. Shrine and temple grounds (Meiji Jingu, Senso-ji) have no bins at all; the Nakamise stalls at Senso-ji ask you to eat in front of the shop and hand the wrapper back.

Tokyo by district: where to throw away trash

Tokyo has no single answer; it has ten neighbourhood answers. Each one below says where the working bins are and what the local rule is, and the table after it lists the stations with the most checked points on this map right now.

Shinjuku

JR Shinjuku's platforms and concourses inside the gates are the reliable bins; the subway concourses underneath have none. Above ground the answer is the convenience stores on every block and the basement food halls of Isetan and Takashimaya, which handle what you bought there. Kabukicho at night runs on the same rule: the bar or stall you bought from takes it back.

Shibuya

The one Tokyo district with real street bins: the solar-compacting SmaGO units around the station, Center-gai, Miyashita Park and Shibuya Fukuras, which shopping districts installed and which appear on this map as operator-announced points. The scramble crossing itself has none. JR Shibuya's platforms and the department stores cover the rest.

Asakusa and Senso-ji

Nakamise's stalls ask you to eat in front of the shop and hand the wrapper or skewer back; the temple grounds have no bins and expect you to carry everything out. The checked points on this map sit around Asakusa, Kuramae and Honjo-azumabashi stations and the river-cruise piers.

Ginza and Tsukiji

Ginza is department-store country: the food halls of Mitsukoshi, Matsuya and Ginza Six take the food they sold you, and there is nothing on the street. At Tsukiji Outer Market the rule is the same as Nakamise: eat at the stall, give the container back, do not walk on with it.

Akihabara

JR Akihabara's platforms and the big electronics stores' food floors. The checked points here are among the most reliable in central Tokyo on this map, so this is a good place to empty the bag.

Ueno and Ameyoko

Ameyoko's stalls take back what they sold; the park's kiosks and the zoo entrance do the same for their own customers. JR Ueno has bins inside the gates; Keisei-Ueno has many points on record but few checked, so read the badge before you rely on one.

Harajuku and Omotesando

Takeshita-dori's crepe and candy stands keep a bin for their customers, and that is the only bin on the street; Meiji Jingu has none at all. Omotesando has SmaGO units on the avenue.

Tokyo Station and Marunouchi

Inside the JR gates: bins on the Shinkansen platforms, in the vestibule of every Shinkansen car, and along the underground shopping streets. Outside, KITTE and the Marunouchi buildings handle their own food floors; the Imperial Palace gardens have none.

Ikebukuro and Odaiba

JR Ikebukuro inside the gates and Sunshine City's food floors; on Odaiba the malls (DiverCity, Aqua City) and Tokyo Big Sight, which has several checked points on this map.

Stations in Tokyo with the most checked points

Station	On record	Checked
Kita-Senju Station	11	10
Asakusabashi Station	9	6
Shiodome Station	7	6
Honjo-azumabashi Station	8	5
Akihabara Station	7	5
Sugamo Station	6	5
Asakusa Station	6	4
Uguisudani Station	6	4
Kuramae Station	5	4
Tokyo Big Sight	4	4

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How disposal actually works in Japan

Public bins are rare, and that is deliberate: most were removed from stations and streets after 1995 and never came back. What replaced them is a set of habits rather than infrastructure.

Bottles and cans are the easy case — there is almost always a recycling box beside a vending machine, and it takes bottles and cans only. A coffee cup or a wrapper does not go in it. For those, a convenience store where you buy something, a station platform, or your own hotel is the realistic answer. Carrying your trash for a few hours is normal here, not a failure.

The one thing to avoid: the sorted collection points you will see on residential street corners in the morning. Those belong to the households on that street.

Questions people actually ask

How many trash cans are there in Tokyo?: 743 that a visitor can use are on record, and 133 of them have been checked on the ground in the last 18 months. We show what is on record rather than what we guess is there — we would rather show you four you can trust than forty you cannot.
Can I use a convenience-store bin without buying anything?: Officially no — those bins are for customers, and many stores moved them inside for exactly that reason. Buy a drink and it is uncontroversial.
What do I do if the bin is gone?: Tell us — one tap on the spot screen — and it drops down the ranking for everyone else. Then take the next checked point on the list; the app shows it with the walking time.
Where can I throw away trash in Tokyo?: In this order: the JR station you are nearest to (bins on platforms and concourses inside the gates; the subway has none since 2022), a convenience store where you buy something, a department-store food hall for food you bought there, the SmaGO street bins in Shibuya and Omotesando, and your hotel. Bottles and cans go in the box beside any vending machine. This map holds 743 usable public bins on record across Tokyo, 133 checked on the ground, each with walking time and what it accepts.
Why are there no trash cans in Tokyo?: Because they were removed on purpose. Public bins came out of stations and streets after the 1995 subway sarin attack and mostly never returned, and Tokyo Metro and Toei took the last ones out of every subway station in 2022. What remains is a system of habits: carry it, use the shop's bin when you buy something, return bottles beside the vending machine, empty the bag at your hotel. This map has 743 usable public bins on record across Tokyo prefecture, 133 of them checked on the ground.
Where can I throw away trash in Shibuya?: At the SmaGO solar bins on the street around the station, Miyashita Park and Omotesando (3 operator-announced points on this map), inside the JR station on the platforms, and at any convenience store where you buy something. The scramble crossing itself has no bins; the ward relies on the SmaGO units and on shops. See the Shibuya Station page for the checked points with walking time.
Is there a trash can map for Tokyo?: This one. Open the map and it shows the nearest checked bins with walking time, what each accepts and whether you may use it, across 743 usable points on record in Tokyo. It works in the browser with no account, in eight languages, and switches to public toilets, smoking areas and drinking water with one tap. Points somebody has checked recently rank above unchecked ones, so the list is short on purpose.

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