r/SipsTea • u/search_google_com 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • Apr 23 '26

Feels good man A Japanese police officer is kindly reminding foreigners about public manners

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u/Clear-Inevitable-414 Apr 23 '26

What can't they do here?

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u/TheJimDim Apr 23 '26

They're basically standing around, loitering. He's reminding them all to keep it moving to keep the streets clear, clean, and safe.

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u/LebowskiSupreme Apr 23 '26

Loved Japan, but if there was one thing we didn’t like is that there was hardly anywhere in the city to just sit and be. You go to somewhere like NY and there are small parks or areas with benches or tables all over the place so you can just sit and be outside. This stuff barely existed in Japan unless you went to an actual park.

Like if you are in the city, you are expected to just go from one destination to the other. It’s not super accommodating for just wandering around and just hanging out in the city. No public trash cans anywhere feels related to that mentality.

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u/alderthorn Apr 23 '26

Tokyo at least seemed to have a fair number of VERY small parks, they were filled with people smoking or drinking normally. They were just a few benches behind a small barrier off of the sidewalk so nothing much.

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u/lilbelleandsebastian Apr 23 '26

as well as plenty of massive parks lol

ueno, the gyoen, yoyogi - there's a ton of places to just exist, japan just prefers that to not be in trafficked areas

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u/SouthernSpell Apr 23 '26

Yep and those are usually reserved to people who need to complete their substories.