Garbage sorting
Holy cow! The garbage sorting system down here is crazy...we need one bag for paper, one for plastic, bottles go in another bag, cans in another, raw food in a really disgusting bin that needs to be emptied 3 times per week and random stuff that doesn't have a place in a fifth bag. If anyone would like copies of the instruction manual for garbage sorting let me know...very entertaining! To make things even more fun each type of garbage is picked up on a different day...once a month!
In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more 
