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Do people living somewhere usually read travel guides? I'm still young so I haven't visited many countries (just ~13) but I've never read a travel guide, I presume they have useless information. I've also gone on 3 trips to Japan and I've never heard of takkyu-bin, although I'll consider it for future visits.

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I mean I guess if you don't go to the airport or any hotels for ten years it might be possible to miss it as well. Every hotel offers it, the airport has plenty of signs, and the actual people on bikes and motorcycles with trailers moving the bags are _all over_ the place.

I only found out about it on my most recent (5th) trip to Japan. I've transited Haneda, Narita and Osaka and never noticed the signage or had it mentioned to me by my hotel.

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