Facial Masks In Japan
08th July 2012 by HerEver since we got back from Japan I wanted to write about this .. when we first arrived to Tokyo and took a walk in its streets we couldn’t help but notice that most people there wear facial masks..weather they were old people or youths or even babies!
its a very common view there…
turns out that several people wear this mask for different reason but the one reason I was really impressed with is that sick people would wear it so they wont be contagious to other people! I remembered this when I was at 360 mall the other day buying something from a store and the cashier was obviously sick and blowing his nose then gave me the credit card and the receipt..yeakh :poke: I immediately took a Dettol wipe out of my bag and wiped everything he touched!
it is considered rude to blow your nose in public in Japan by the way 
other reasons are allergies , protection from germs specially in the subway which is a smart thing to do if you use the subway every day and get exposed to tons of different peoples germs and believe it or not some wear it for the sake of fashion ! yes! some Gothic Japanese guys and girls would wear black ones.
they sell these masks every where in supermarkets and small venders, and guess where I found ones as well ?! SANRIO :D yes Hello Kitty ones and I got them since I have a terrible allergy situation going on here with our lovely dusty weather…
they’re so light and comfortable to wear 
Suki Candy Says:
July 08th, 2012 at 05:47same here i wore them coz i was sick and i do have alergie pollen also i wore them when am in trains too
they are very careful people if they are sick they don’t others get sick from them also dont forget everywhere plants most of them they are allergie
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Her Says:
July 10th, 2012 at 02:22yes I think its a very thoughtful and polite gesture
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