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I ISRETNUOCNEGNHCUOTYLPEEDHTIWFLESRUOYESREMMKamikatsu Town was the first municipality in Japan to declare "Zero Waste" in 2003, and has been selected as an "SDGs Future City" by the Japanese government while attracting attention from around the world as a town at the forefront of the SDGs, which is unique to Japan. Visitors can enjoy a "sustainable" experience that is unique to and rooted in the small town of Kamikatsu Town which has a population of approximately 1,400 people.In Japan, about 80% of all waste is incinerated. However, incineration requires the construction of incinerators, landfills, and other facilities, leaving environmental pollution, resident unrest, and financial pressures. Therefore, Kamikatsu Town has made a zero waste declaration, aiming for a waste-free society, in order to leave no environmental or financial challenges behind and to hand down to the future the hometown that our predecessors have built. The symbolic facility of Kamikatsu Town is the Zero Waste Center, a facility where town residents bring in their own garbage and sort it into 45 separate categories. By the study tour about history of the zero waste movement and seeing the 45 waste sorting sites, visitors to the facility will have the opportunity to think about the problem of waste from human life and think about a sustainable society.03Experience Sustainabilityin a Zero Waste TownSDGs Future CityZero WasteExperience Tour01EASTERNREGION