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Oversized garbage in Shibuya City: fees and how to dispose
Step by step
- BookBy phone, online, LINE. Online booking (Japanese)
- PayBuy a city-designated paid oversized-waste ticket (粗大ごみ処理券) — Ticket A (¥200) or Ticket B (¥300) — at a convenience store or other shop handling them, or at a Cleaning Office, and attach it to the item. Online or LINE applications can also be paid cashless
- Put it outOn your collection day, put the item out at the place you were told, early in the morning.
Fees by item
- Sofa (single-seat)2-seat: ¥2,3003-seat or more / L-shaped: ¥2,300Sofa bed: ¥2,300¥900
- Bed (single, excluding mattress)Semi-double: ¥2,300Double: ¥2,300Bunk bed: ¥2,300Pipe bed: ¥1,300¥1,300
- Bicycle (16-inch wheels or larger)Under 16-inch wheels: ¥400Electric-assist, 16-inch or larger (remove the battery): ¥900Electric-assist, under 16-inch (remove the battery): ¥400¥900
- Box-type furniture / chest of drawers (width + height total 135 cm or less)Over 135 cm up to 180 cm: ¥900Over 180 cm up to 270 cm: ¥1,300Over 270 cm up to under 360 cm: ¥2,300360 cm or more: ¥3,200※Same size-based fee applies to cabinets, closets, shelves, and chests of drawers¥400
- Kotatsu futon (quilt for a low table heater)Floor cushions (zabuton) (up to 5 as one set): ¥400¥400
- Table / low table (zataku) (longest side under 100 cm, non-glass top)100 cm to under 150 cm: ¥900150 cm or more: ¥1,300Glass tabletop (under 100 cm): ¥900Glass tabletop (100 cm or more): ¥1,300¥400
- Chair (other than sofa)Long bench/chair: ¥900Floor chair (zaisu), 2-seat or more: ¥900¥400
- Microwave / microwave ovenGas oven: ¥1,300¥400
- Vacuum cleaner¥400
- Rug / electric carpet (1 tatami mat or less)Over 1 tatami mat: ¥900Wood carpet, under 6 tatami mats: ¥900Wood carpet, 6 tatami mats or more: ¥1,300¥400
- Electric fan¥400
- Heater (other than fan heater)Fan heater: ¥900Oil heater: ¥900¥400
- Dressing table / vanity (under 40 cm tall)40 cm to under 70 cm tall: ¥90070 cm tall or more: ¥1,300※Any attached chair must be applied for as a separate item¥400
- Wheelchair (up to 20 kg)※Remove the battery from electric wheelchairs¥900
- Desk (study desk, PC desk, etc.)¥1,300
- Bathroom vanity / wash counter¥1,300
- Kitchen sink¥400
- Humidifier¥400
- Gas water heater¥900
- Gas stove / IH cooktop¥400
- Ventilation fan¥400
- Dolls (Boys'/Girls' Day display dolls)¥400
- Tricycle (children's)Adult tricycle: ¥900¥400
- Health chair (large health equipment)¥900
Not accepted as oversized garbage
- Air conditioners, TVs, refrigerators/freezers, washing machines/clothes dryers (covered by the Home Appliance Recycling Law)
- Household computers (covered by manufacturer recycling programs)
- Cars, motorcycles, tires
- Pianos
- Fireproof safes
- Toxic or hazardous items, or items with a strong odor (petroleum products, developing fluid, batteries, etc.)
- Long items over 180 cm (if they cannot be cut or disassembled)
- Waste generated by a business
Support and fee waivers
- Households of only people age 65 or older, or only people with disabilities, who have no one nearby to help may consult the Cleaning Office (03-5467-4300) to use door-to-door pickup from inside the home
Official sources (Japanese)
- https://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/kurashi/gomi/kateigomi/gomi_sodai.html
- https://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/kurashi/gomi/kateigomi/sibuyaku_sodaitesuuryou.html
- https://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/kurashi/gomi/gomi-tesuryo/gomi_seal.html
- https://files.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/assets/12995aba8b194961be709ba879857f70/d8c9c9e1737f49c8b9d3c3629f671057/sibuyaku_Sodaitesuuryou202512.pdf
- https://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/kurashi/gomi/recycle/pc.html