I've been yearning and praying for months that something like this would happen and tonight, as i was taking my daily walk through the park close to my workplace, it finally happened!
Some older gentleman saw me walking without a mask and instead of staring, checking to see his mask is on tightly or even crossing to the other side of the road...he pulled down his own mask and for the first time in months, breathed God's air!
Very very small in the grand scheme, but after more than a year of disappointments, this was amazing!
Yeah, got the joggers here too or those taking their dogs for walks masked up. Even have them taking walks with toddlers in strollers and the toddlers masked up. However you can sit shoulder to shoulder in a packed restaurant without a mask and somehow you're protected. No one questions it. The moment you step outside the masks pop on again.
Lol doesn't surprise me Japan is a bit more organised. From what I can gather from friends who have lived in both, Koreans are on the money when they feel a bit inferior to Japan.