【海外の反応】W杯でまた日本人サポーターがゴミ拾い、海外が大絶賛「毎回やるのは日本だけ」「他の国が恥ずかしくなるよ」

Should not be a surprise to anyone. We see this every World Cup and yet they are still the only ones who do it.

Every World Cup, World Baseball Classic, the Olympics… They put everyone to shame. It's such a bummer no one else has taken this up as well

And importantly they're not filming themselves doing it for the socials.

Many of the Knicks fans were an embarrassment to the US. These Japanese fans are doing what all fans should do.

It's just the culture. Even in schools the kids are responsible for cleaning their classroom and other chores. Parents sometimes come in a specific day every few months to do some handiwork in the school like painting and fixing things.

yep and Japan doesn't have public trash cans (except bathrooms and convenient stores), so from a young age kids are taught to clean up after themselves and not just leave garbage lying around. this is a core part of their culture

Growing up in Japan, one of the chores we had in my school was composting. We had to divide compostable food waste, and also manage and take care of the soil, plants and worms that were used every week. I've lived in multiple other countries growing up and only did stuff like that in Japan.

When I went to a ballgame in Tokyo, during the game guys would come through the stands with a large trash bag so we could throw out the trash. It really is wonderful how clean they are.

They do this as a "Thank you" for hosting them. Just think of it as going to someone's house for dinner and you help them clear the table or do dishes. It says a lot about Japanese culture and a very classy display of gratitude. Their education system instills the same values in their kids by having them clean their own classrooms (sōji cleaning) and serving lunches to their peers (tōban lunch duty). (I used to work for a Honda vendor in Saitama Prefecture)

He's talking about soft power. The more people think you're an upstanding civilization, the more people will want to go visit you and spend money. Nobody is specifically training them to do it for money of course, but it winds up earning them some unspecified amount of money anyway.

It's funny because people look at it and go "I wish my country was like that." And so I ask…. Are YOU (Not you specifically) picking up litter when YOU go to events?? Be the change you wanna see is my point. I do! But I also live in Japan so it's just the way it is now haha

You could start as well; my partner and I regularly do trash walks and coordinate with the City for trash bags and trash pick-up. Nothing stopping any able-bodied person from doing this now.

To be fair, it's basically just simple respect of leaving a place the way we found it 😅

And that also meant there are plenty more who littered. It's the habit of not littering that needs to be instilled. Note: Not discrediting the picking of their litter.

You should see Shibuya after a weekend with all the litter left by Japanese and tourists alike.

Cleaning up the surroundings will also clean your soul. Pretty things outside make pretty things inside.