There is no garbage collection during the off-season.
Please take your garbage home with you, or make arrangements in advance with your caretaker.
Garbage Collection Dates for 2024 and Instructions / 2024年季ゴミ収集日程ならびに取り決め
Burnable Garbage
Sites: East Kamiyama gate, Business Office, West Kamiyama hilltop gate.
Time: 7:00 to 8:00 am.
Dates: Tue, July 16; Fri, July 19; Mon, July 22; Fri, July 26; Mon, July 29; Fri, August 2; Mon, August 5, Fri, August 9; Tue, August 13; Mon, August 19; Fri, August 23; Mon, August 26; Fri, August 30.
Sites: Huts behind the Business Office and by the West Kamiyama rotary.
Newspapers and Inserts; Magazines, Books and Printing Paper
Site: Hut behind the Business Office
Dates and time: Around the clock from Mon, July 15, through Thu, August 23.
段ボール
場所：西神山ロータリーとビジネスオフィス裏の収集庫。
新聞紙と折込チラシ・雑誌と本やコピー用紙
場所：ビジネスオフィス裏の収集庫。
日時：昼夜、７月１５日（月）から８月２２日（木）まで。
分類ごとに束ねてお出しください。
Broken Glass & Ceramics, Light Bulbs, Batteries, Lighters, Blue Sheet
Sites: East Kamiyama gate, Business Office, West Kamiyama rotary.
Time: 8:00 to 9:00 am.
Dates: Wed, August 7; Wed, August 14.
不燃ゴミ
割れガラス、割れ陶器、電球、電池、ライター、ブルーシートのみ回収
場所：東神山入り口、ビジネスオフィス裏、西神山ロータリー
時間：朝８時から９時まで
日程：８月７日（水）、８月１４日（水）
For each type of garbage, please adhere to the following instructions. / 以下の取り決めに従いゴミを出して下さい
Burnable Garbage
Burnable garbage must be dropped off for collection in Shinano-machi bags. These bags for burnable garbage are available at the supermarket, hardware store, drug store, and convenience stores. The current version (as of 2024) has green lettering with a ¥15 fee printed on the small bag and a ¥30 fee printed on the large one.
Write your cabin number on the bags with a bold magic marker before carrying them out to a collection site.
Follow instructions from volunteers when dropping off your bags.
If cleaned, milk cartons and Styrofoam food trays can be dropped off at supermarkets for recycling. Otherwise, they can be included along with plastic food wrappers among burnable garbage. Plastic containers for eggs, condiments, shampoo and shower soap, kitchen detergent, and laundry detergent are burnable as well.
Aluminum cooking foil is also burnable.
If you wish to dispose of larger boxes and blocks of Styrofoam, there are two options. You can either ask for permission from a supermarket to discard them as recyclable, or you can break them into small pieces and mix them in with other burnable garbage.
Make sure that there are no recyclable items, disposable lighters or highly combustible lithium-ion batteries mixed in with burnable garbage.
Hard plastics, such as wash basins, buckets, CDs and DVDs, and bins and containers, are also burnable provided they are small enough to fit in the Shinano-machi bags.
Clothing, shoes and towels are burnable.
Blankets, cushions, and futon can be disposed of as burnable garbage, provided they have been cut into smaller pieces and packed into the Shinano-machi bags. Otherwise, you must drive it yourself to the Nagano City Environmental Energy Center (i.e. the incinerator, 026-222-5301).
Rubber hoses are burnable provided they have been chopped up into lengths 50 centimeters or shorter and packed in the Shinano-machi bags.
Blue sheet are not burnable, as they risk emitting dioxins when incinerated.
Refrain from abandoning burnable garbage overnight to avoid attracting bears, monkeys, crows and other harmful wild animals.
We collect only PET bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, and glass jars and bottles that have been rinsed clean in water.
Remove labels and caps from PET bottles. Sort cans into aluminum and steel, and glass bottles and jars by color (clear, brown, and other).
Discard recyclables into our array of collection bins.
Return large (1.8-liter) sake bottles, as well as large (633ml) and medium (500ml) reusable beer bottles to a liquor store.
Empty gas canisters to table-top gas burners can also be dropped off, provided they have been emptied completely and then punctured. Other toiletry and food-related aerosol cans can also be disposed of in the same way.
We do not accept aerosol cans that still contain spray paint or insecticide. These can be hazardous and may threaten the wellbeing of our volunteers. Please empty them at your own risk and drive them to the Shinano-machi landfill yourself.
Cardboard; Newspapers and Inserts; Magazines, Books and Printing Paper
Dismantle cardboard boxes into flat sheets. All packaging tape and address stickers must be removed from the cardboard before disposal.
Newspapers and their advertising inserts are categorized together, while magazines, books and printing paper comprise yet another category of recyclable paper.
When discarding, tie each category of paper in a bundle with string. Do not use adhesive tape.
The huts will be open around the clock through most of the season. Be considerate. Space is limited.
Broken Glass & Ceramics, Light Bulbs, Batteries, Lighters, Blue Sheet
We collect the above items on the first two Wednesdays in August.
The non-burnable garbage we collect as a community have been narrowed down to these items so as not to overburden our contractor, and to be fair to those of us up at the lake without a car.
As such, we ask that you try to limit the glass and ceramics you drop off to broken items. If you are able, we recommend that you drive old sets of glasses, cups, and dishes to the Shinano-machi landfill.