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A policeman waters a koban in Tokyo as temperatures soared on Tuesday.

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In some countries, taking photos of police going about their jobs is an offense...though in this case, they are not exactly doing their job!

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at least they have a friendly face doing it ! ! ! Instead of an angry get out of my face facial expression

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If they had planted a tree some 5 years ago, they'd have a nice shadow by now, with lower temperatures inside their koban and would help environment. But guess what? It's never too late. Do it now.

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How old are those two officers? I can't imagine them racing to the rescue of someone attacked down the road.

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Agreed. He's cleaning the sidewalk with brush in-hand. The water isn't hitting the koban at all.

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After mizumaki (not uchimizu - he is not hitting anything with water - uchimizu is inside water or attack with water) water evapolate, and places get cool. Looks like he is cleaning floor.

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He's cleaning the sidewalk. Brush in hand. Bad caption.

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That big ol' broom behind the man spraying the water is fit for a witch to fly on!

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They look awfully busy!!!! Hey lets water the pavement, nothing else to do!!!

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Kawaii ne..!

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A sight to terrify all would-be ne'erdowells: a cop armed with a garden hose and a scrubbing brush. That'll get rid of those noisy bosozokus!

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There's probably something on the ground just outside of the camera's view.

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I don't think he's just watering the ground. He's holding a scrubbing brush; he's cleaning something, or he's about to.

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Why spend potable water for nothing?

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back in the day, people, particularly shop keepers would spray, or splash water on the road. Generally to reduce the dust from coming inside, as the usually earth, dirt roads becomes trampled and dry.. so as to prevent a gust of wind blowing the dust into the house/shop.. wetting the ground, reduces this from occuring..

I never knew.. that doing this on a concrete pavement would have the same effect. In an conformist, authoritarian state such as our own.. its no wonder shop keepers do this too.. if the police do it... might as well. Even its a utter waste of water.. nuclear powerplants need water to keep coool you know ! ... which in turn powers that AC.. well used to anyway.. although it no longer produces electricity.. it still needs that water to keeep cool !.. lol

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Uchimizu is more of a psychological effect.

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These guys remind me of the parking lot attendants that always seem to have a knack for pointing out the obvious. However, this guy appears to be brushing crap away and based on the 'dirty water' to the left is doing some cleaning so cut the poor old guy a break. He could have just stayed indoors enjoying the relative cooling of the limited AC and caught 40 winks.

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There will be a lot of negative comments on here, but for some practical criticism, these cops seem awfully old. I don't feel very confident knowing guys this age are protecting me.

uchimizu is one of the stupidest practices in Japan for sure.

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He is watering the koban? Is he expecting it to grow?

Putting water onto concrete outside shops only increases the relative humidity making it even more uncomfortable. I think his time would be better spent hassling cyclists about not wearing helmets. Get a real job!!!

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Pls no quick afternoon nap thereafter.

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Waste of water. Put a few shrubs outside and keep them watered. Watering the sidewalks and roads is moronic when all around it is steel and cement.

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