How do you say "Could you take this rubbish for me?" in Japanese?

Name: No Eating While You Walk, No Bins. So Where Does the Skewer Go?
Uploaded: 2026-09-05T10:04:02Z
Duration: 31 s
Description: Learn to say ごみ、お願いできますか？ (gomi, onegai dekimasu ka?) — Could you take this rubbish for me?. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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No Eating While You Walk, No Bins. So Where Does the Skewer Go?

To say Could you take this rubbish for me? in Japanese, say ごみ、お願いできますか？ (gomi, onegai dekimasu ka?).

You bought the skewer. In places like Nishiki Market they ask you not to eat while walking, and there isn't a bin for four hundred metres. So where does the stick go? Back to the stall that sold it to you.

ごみ、お願いできますか？ gomi, onegai dekimasu ka? Could you take this rubbish for me?

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Why this phrase

Nishiki Market, a festival lane, any busy market street. In crowded spots like these the shops ask you not to eat while walking (Kyoto's Nishiki Market posts signs, Kamakura's Komachi-dori has a manner ordinance), and Japan has almost no street bins, so hunting for one is the wrong move. The system is: buy it, step to the side of the shop, eat it there, and hand the rubbish back to the same stall, or carry it out with you. This is a local rule in marked areas, not a nationwide ban. Kōfuku plays the tourist holding a bare skewer and scanning for a bin; Hana plays the stall owner who has been waiting for him to work it out. The rescue is one polite ask.