Japan tidies Dallas Stadium locker room after World Cup match

DALLAS - Japanese soccer fans are known for picking up trash in stadiums after their games. It seems the players are equally as tidy, leaving their Dallas Stadium locker room spotless after Sunday’s match.

Japan’s locker room at Dallas Stadium

What we know:

Photos captured the state of the team’s locker room after their 2-2 draw against the Netherlands.

Chairs were stacked, trash was collected, and towels were left neatly folded in the center of the room.

The pink and orange bibs that players and coaches wore to indicate their stadium clearance were stacked by the door.

Japan’s fans clean up the stadium

Big picture view:

Fans of the "Samurai Blue" have gone viral on social media for their tradition of cleaning up trash after World Cup matches. Sunday’s World Cup match at Dallas Stadium was no different.

Video clips shared by FOX 4 reporter Steven Dial showed fans picking up bottles and food wrappings left in the stands. One clip also showed New York Giants QB Jameis Winston, who is working with FOX for World Cup coverage, helping out.

"Japanese sports fans at world events who clean up the stadium are behaving much the same way they did when they learned how to enjoy sports as school boys and girls," Koichi Nakano, who teaches politics and history at Sophia University, told The Associated Press.

According to FOX Sports, there is a phrase in Japanese that explains it – "Tatsu tori ato wo nigosazu." In English, that means "return it the way you found it." It’s a lesson most people in Japan learn in elementary school, when they are expected to clean up after themselves.