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About This Site

Learn about Japan Garbage Disposal Encyclopedia's mission, information sources, and coverage areas.

  • Updated 2026-07-27
🇯🇵 日本語

Our Mission

“Japan Garbage Disposal Encyclopedia” is an information site that compiles official garbage disposal guidelines from local municipalities in an easy-to-understand format.

We aim to help those who are confused about garbage sorting and disposal rules, including people who have recently moved, elderly residents, and foreign nationals living in Japan.

Coverage Areas

Currently providing information for 1402 cities across 47 prefectures.

Hokkaido & Tohoku
Hokkaido
網走 City 赤平 City Akaigawa Village 旭川 City 芦別 City Assabu Town Atsuma Town Bekkai Town 美唄 City Bifuka Town Bihoro Town 千歳 City 伊達 City 江別 City 恵庭 City Enkaru Town Erimo Town 深川 City 富良野 City Furubira Town Hahoro Town 函館 City Hamanaka Town Hamatonbetsu Town 日高 Town 新ひだか Town Higashikagura Town Higashikawa Town Hiroo Town Hokuryuu Town 北斗 City Honbetsu Town Horonobe Town Houfu Town Ikeda Town Imakane Town 石狩 City 岩見沢 City Iwanai Town Kamifurano Town 上ノ国 Town Kamishihoro Town Kamoenai Village Kikonai Town Kimobetsu Town 北広島 City Kitami City Kiyosato Town 小平 Town Kuromatsunai Town 釧路 City Kushiro Town Kutchan Town Kyougoku Town Makkari Village Makubetsu Town Mashike Town Matsumae Town 三笠 City Minamifurano Town Monbetsu City Mori Town Moseushi Town むかわ Town Naganuma Town Naie Town Nakafurano Town Nanae Town Nanporo Town 名寄 City 根室 City Niikappu Town ニセコ Town Nishiokoppe Village Noboribetsu City Numata Town 帯広 City Okoppe Town Okushiri Town Oozora Town Oshamanbe Town Otaru City Otobe Town Otofuke Town Otoineppu Village Oumu Town Rankoshi Town Rausu Town Rikubetsu Town Rishiri Town Rishirifuji Town 留萌 City Rusutsu Village Samani Town Sapporo City Sarabetsu Village Saroma Town Setana Town Shakotan Town Shari Town Shibecha Town 士別 City Shikabe Town Shikaoi Town Shimamaki Village Shimokawa Town Shimukappu Village Shinshinotsu Village Shintoku Town Shintotsukawa Town Shiranuka Town Shiraoi Town Shiriuchi Town Shosanbetsu Village Soubetsu Town 砂川 City Suttu Town Taiju Town Takasu Town 滝川 City Takinoue Town Teshikaga Town Teshio Town Tohma Town 苫小牧 City Tomamae Town Tomari Village Toyako Town Toyokoro Town Toyoura Town Tsubetsu Town Tsukigata Town Tsurui Village Urahoro Town Urakawa Town Uryuu Town 歌志内 City 稚内 City Wassamu Town Yakumo Town Yoichi Town Yuni Town Yuubetsu Town
Kanto
Chubu
Aichi
阿久比 Town 愛西 City あま City 安城 City 熱田 Ward 千種 Ward 知立 City 知多 City 大治 Town 扶桑 Town 蒲郡 City 半田市 Hekinan City 東 Ward 東浦 Town 一宮 City 稲沢 City 犬山 City 岩倉 City 蟹江 Town 刈谷 City 春日井 City 北 Ward 北名古屋 City 清須 City 小牧 City 江南 City 幸田 Town 名東 Ward 緑 Ward 美浜 Town 南 Ward 南知多 Town 港 Ward みよし City 瑞穂 Ward 守山 Ward Nagakute City Nagoya City 中 Ward 中川 Ward Nakamura Ward 西 Ward 西尾 City 日進 City 大府 City Okazaki City 大口 Town Owariasahi City Seto City 新城 City 昭和 Ward Tahara City Takahama City Taketoyo Town 天白 Ward 飛島 Village Togo Town Tokoname City 東海 City Toyoake City Toyohashi City Toyokawa City 豊田 City 豊山 Town Tsushima City Yatomi City
Kinki
Chugoku
Shikoku
Kyushu & Okinawa

We plan to expand our coverage to additional areas in the future.

Information Sources

The information on this site is based on the following official sources:

  • Official municipal government websites
  • Garbage sorting guides and pamphlets published by municipalities
  • Official municipal garbage sorting apps

Important: The information on this site is an edited and summarized version of official information. Due to fee revisions and system changes, actual rules may differ. Please always verify the latest information on the official municipal website.

Traffic Sources

We publish where our visitors come from. All figures are measured values taken directly from Google Analytics 4 and Google Search Console — no estimates or targets are included.

Traffic (June 29 – July 26, 2026 / 28 days)

Metric Measured
Sessions 46,866
Users 44,148
Pageviews 56,280
Avg. session duration 85.7 sec
Engagement rate 52.5%

Breakdown by channel (sessions)

Channel Sessions Share
Organic search (Google / Yahoo! / Bing / DuckDuckGo / Ecosia) 32,813 68.7%
Direct / no referrer (bookmarks, in-app transitions) 11,760 24.6%
AI search & assistants (ChatGPT / Copilot, etc.) 2,584 5.4%
Referrals 375 0.8%
Unattributed 236 0.5%

Shares are calculated against the sum of per-channel sessions (47,768). Due to how GA4 works, dimension-level totals differ from the overall total by roughly 2%.

All of our traffic comes from organic search. We do not run paid acquisition (search or social ads), cross-promotion from social accounts, or incentive-based referrals of any kind.

Search performance (June 27 – July 24, 2026 / 28 days)

  • Clicks 13,923 / Impressions 610,270 / CTR 2.28% / Avg. position 8.85
  • Clicks by device: mobile 11,722 (84.2%), desktop 1,953, tablet 248

Top queries are practical searches combining municipality × item or item × disposal method. Our visitors are people with an item in hand right now, so we optimize for getting them to the answer they need on the spot.

Site scale

  • Coverage: 1,402 municipalities across all 47 prefectures
  • URLs submitted in sitemaps: approx. 193,000

Update Policy

  • We update our content as soon as possible when official municipal information changes
  • We review all articles at the beginning of each fiscal year (April)
  • Each article displays its “Last Updated” date

About the Operator

This site is privately operated with the goal of eliminating information gaps regarding garbage disposal.

  • Operator: Gomi-dashi Guide Team
  • Established: January 2026

Disclaimer

While we take great care in creating the information on this site, we do not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. The operator assumes no responsibility for any damages resulting from the use of information on this site.

For details, please see our Terms of Use.

Contact Us

For feedback, requests, or to report errors, please visit our Contact Page.