Not exactly true. You&#x27;ll see a weird mechanical contraption shaped like a person waving the stick.<p>After living in a number of countries where construction works usually involve two or three people making loud mess for days I&#x27;m astonished how things work in Japan: a team of people shows up quietly, does the job efficiently and then disappears. You won&#x27;t even notice them. There&#x27;s a big-ish construction (they have heavy machines and dug up a big hole in the ground) going on nearby and I <i>never</i> heard any noise. And they&#x27;re going with it really fast.