{"id":180649,"date":"2026-10-29T10:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180649&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:19:33","slug":"kagoshimas-crow-resistant-garbage-station-does-away-with-nets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kagoshimas-crow-resistant-garbage-station-does-away-with-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagoshima\u2019s crow-resistant garbage station does away with nets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kagoshima companies have developed a garbage station that aims to keep crows out without requiring residents to handle protective nets. Flywalk worked with metalworking firm Welding Works after the latter\u2019s president heard his wife complain about getting her hands dirty on rainy collection days. Five prototypes and about seven months of testing led to a design completed in April. It uses rollers to destabilize crows when they attempt to perch on the outer frame before reaching the garbage. Residents of Kagoshima\u2019s Hirakawacho say crow damage has stopped since their station was installed in July. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/1139885\" target=\"_blank\">KTS News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freiwalk.com\/garbage-station\/\" target=\"_blank\">Welding Works X FREIWORK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_crow-resistant-garbage-station_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1000%2C858&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"858\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_crow-resistant-garbage-station_2026_cl.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_crow-resistant-garbage-station_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C257&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_crow-resistant-garbage-station_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C659&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Welding Works X FREIWORK<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kagoshima companies have developed a garbage station that aims to keep crows out without requiring residents to handle protective nets. Flywalk worked with metalworking firm Welding Works after the latter\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180649","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kagoshima-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}