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I was waiting at a crosswalk in Tokyo. The traffic light was red but no cars were coming. A bunch of people were waiting anyway.

The tourist next to me said to his friend "why is everyone waiting? There's no cars."

He started to cross. An old woman said something to him in Japanese. He didn't understand and ignored her.

She stepped in front of him, blocking his path. Said more firmly in Japanese, pointing at the light.

A Japanese guy nearby translated for the tourist: "She says you must wait for the green light. Even if there are no cars. That is the rule."

Tourists got annoyed. "That's a stupid rule. There's literally no cars."

The translator told the old woman what he said. She responded in Japanese.

The translator said: "She says rules are not about cars. Rules are about respect for order. If everyone follows rules only when convenient, society breaks down. You wait for the green light because that is what civilized people do. Not because of cars. Because of civilization."

The tourist kind of scoffed but stopped trying to cross.

The light turned green. The old woman smiled at him, gestured for him to go ahead of her.

As we all crossed, the translator said to me quietly "she is right, you know. We follow small rules so we can trust each other with big rules."

That stuck with me. The idea that waiting at an empty crosswalk isn't about traffic. It's about proving to each other that we're all willing to follow rules even when no one would know if we didn't.

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