My goal today was to remove all of the components related to the fuel system from the car. I started by syphoning as much gas as I could from the tank using a small hand-pumped...
With very little fuel left in the tank, it would be much lighter and easier to lower from the car once I unbolted it. Under the car, I pulled some thin metal heat shields off and was quickly able to remove the fasteners holding the tank to the chassis. Only a few hoses and lines needed to be removed to drop the tank out. Here is the plastic fuel tank below:
This device (called the canister) was adjacent to the gas tank. It was also straight forward to disconnect and remove.
These tubes used to route incoming gas from the fuel filler door to the tank:
Here are a couple photos of the area where these components used to reside. The thin tube with blue tape wrapped around it is a fuel line. These were also removed by pulling them out of the plastic clips securing them to the chassis. The clips were retained because they secure brake lines running to the rear wheels. 
The gas tank filled most of the negative space seen in the above photo. A portion of the tank was situated over that metal suspension crossmember. As I'm slowly finding, space is used very efficiently in this car.
It was very rewarding to pop open the fuel filler door after all the parts had been stripped from the Yaris. Seeing a void (more accurately my garage floor) where the old gas cap used to be brought a smile to my face. No more gasoline.
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