I lived all over Kyushu, in Tokyo, in Nagoya, and in Hiroshima. I lived there off and on between 2005 and 2020. Most of the vending machines I saw had both typ

I lived all over Kyushu, in Tokyo, in Nagoya, and in Hiroshima. I lived there off and on between 2005 and 2020. Most of the vending machines I saw had both types next to them, and I never had an issue with accessing a trash can in a konbini. I suppose we just had very different experiences.