Japan - Orderly Society, Sidewalk Minders

The pictures in this post are of two other fellows minding places where construction or repairs might disrupt traffic.  Check out the white gloves.  Since all these guys wear different uniforms I'm supposing they work for the companies, not the government.  Oh, and the tan-colored object between the guy and the yellow stripe?  It's a leaf - they are allowed.

The guy in the pictures below was really fun to watch.  He obviously enjoyed doing such an important duty for others.  My son and I stayed as long as we could just watching him operate.  Kind of hard to do while you're snapping away with the Big Cahoona...