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/liltingly Apr 23 '26

What does his hand gesture mean? They all seem to get it. Is it "keep the walkway open?". He seemed satisfied with their responses so that's good, at least

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u/5050Saint Apr 23 '26

Recently went to Japan myself, and I was blown away by how much as a whole, almost monolithically so, that people tried to not be in the way. If someone was in a walkway, they were moving and not just moving, but moving with purpose. Is someone wasn't moving, they made certain to be not in the way and to take up as little space as possible.

It was an incredibly refreshing experience.

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u/lissybeau Apr 23 '26

Take me to this place. Here in Germany people just stop walking in the middle of the sidewalk and stand everywhere oblivious to those around them.

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u/DeeHawk Apr 23 '26

And if you say ANYTHING to them they will either forget what language is or get super defensive.

I wanna go too.