Japanese World Cup team praised for tidying up locker room after victory over Germany
Japan’s national football team has gone viral for upholding their country’s reputation for cleanliness by tidying up their locker room at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Images of the team’s locker room blew up online just days after Japanese football fans went viral for cleaning up after the opening game on Monday.
Japan is widely known for being one of the cleanest countries in the world, and its people are sharing those core values with everyone else at this year’s World Cup in Qatar.
The Japanese team won 2-1 against Germany in a shocking upset, but there was no champagne popping celebration after the victory. Instead, they left their locker room “spotless,” FIFA tweeted on Wednesday.
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After an historic victory against Germany at the #FIFAWorldCup on Match Day 4, Japan fans cleaned up their rubbish in the stadium, whilst the @jfa_samuraiblue left their changing room at Khalifa International Stadium like this. Spotless.
Domo Arigato.👏🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/NuAQ2xrwSI
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) November 23, 2022
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The towels were left neatly folded up, no sweaty clothes can be seen hanging on hangers and the water bottles appeared as if they were untouched.
Meals are lined up in organized rows on the table, and the team also left what appear to be origami paper cranes — 11 to represent each player on the team — and a message that reads “thank you” in Japanese and Arabic, a Twitter user noted.
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This is what they left behind too. 😍 pic.twitter.com/mSrHzIsEbm
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) November 23, 2022
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Other football fans praised the Japanese team for their politeness.
it's because we are taught to do so in elementary school. kids in japan do the cleaning of classrooms in japanese schools. and we end up having a tought of "when leaving a place, leave it cleaner then when it was when you came".
— 部屋着がTheサい (@gyouzamosukii) November 24, 2022
Many of us Japanese are delighted to be able to come to this stadium. And at this stadium, we witnessed a miracle. As a fan who was able to come, it's only natural for me to leave such a miraculous place clean. And the miracle players are the same.
— Ieiola (@Ieiola) November 23, 2022
Classic and beautiful!
These are the morals and cultures that we need to take to world events such as World Cup because they absolutely teach the rest of those who doesn’t practice it the beauty of living in a safe and clean environment
Fight for this culture,not the other one!
— Wycliffe Machora 🇰🇪 (@SeniorCounsel_1) November 23, 2022
One social media user even asked where they could find a Japanese man to marry.
Featured Image via @FIFAcom
