Can you keep your litter to yourself?

A chara, – I remember walking around Tokyo with an apple core in my hand for about 15 minutes. Exasperated, I said to my son-in-law, who is Japanese, “Why can’t I find a litter bin?” He said, “Because there are no litter bins in Tokyo.”

When I asked what I was supposed to do with my apple core he calmly informed me that that was my responsibility.

Dropping litter is a part of our culture which we should carefully discard. – Is mise,