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ZuPit Japan ズーシティ・ジャパン

A Zu village that stayed. Community-owned coliving on the 400-year-old Hokkoku Kaidō in Komoro, Nagano — 90 minutes from Tokyo, 20 from Karuizawa, under Mt. Asama.

小諸 KOMORO 第1地区 DISTRICT No.1

01 The village

What

ZuCity Japan — a community-owned coliving & coworking neighborhood: three restored houses + a 120-person venue (The Grocery Store, with the Nakamandem club beneath), rebuilt by the community itself

Where

Yoramachi, Komoro City, Nagano — along the historic Hokkoku Kaidō street, 15 min walk from Komoro Station

Rhythm

Annual popup city (Sep 4 – Oct 5) · year-round residencies · day passes for neighbors

Home

zucity.org — passes, map, residencies, the concierge

02 Talk to KOMORO 🗾

The Japan waste guide — live

KOMORO is the Trace Zero Waste family's Japan agent, born at Burning Japan 2026 from one honest moment: a foreigner at a burn who didn't know where to take his trash. It knows Komoro's five-bag system, the collection calendar, the stations, CleanHill runs — and the burner law of Leave No Trace. Ask in English or 日本語.

↓ the button in the bottom-right corner is a live line — a real agent answers

03 Trash & the city — the schedule

Komoro City sorts into five streams and collects by district. The ZuCity cluster is in District No.1 (第1地区) — verified against the city's official FY2026 calendar. The weekly rhythm:

MON 月

🍚 Kitchen (paper bag)
🧴 PET ~2×/mo

TUE 火

🔴 Burn-only (red bag)

WED 水

🥫 Cans/bottles 2×/mo
🗞 Misc paper · 🔵 Landfill (monthly)

THU 木

🍚 Kitchen (2nd)
📰 News/cardboard (monthly)

FRI 金

🟢 Plastic pkg (green, free)
👕 Clothes (monthly)

SAT 土

🔋 Hazardous 2×/yr

SUN 日

🏭 CleanHill drop-off 3rd Sun

04 The full Japan pit — coming soon

🏗️ ZuPit Japan is being built with the community. The complete archive — popup-city sessions, media, the library of the village — unlocks when the community's shared drive lands. Until then, this page is the door: the village, the guide, and a live line to KOMORO.