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The shop clerk implores customers to stop treating them “like punching bags” over the lack of masks on sale.
Tokyo police’s tip is quick and easy, but may or may not provide any real protection against the virus.
Unisex masks will help you feel less embarrassed about your clothing choices, designers say.
Dress code detail is a waste of time to even discuss, frustrated junior high teacher says.
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Nothing better to ensure others keep their distance than a mask with glowing, soul-sucking eyes.
February is a hard month to face, so why not put on a mask and greet it looking like something else?
Author Victor Hugo once said, “Virtue has a veil, vice a mask,” but what if Japanese, contemporary, and fetish masks are your vice? You’ll want to check out Tokyo Mask Festival Vol. 2!
As we head into winter, you can spot more and more people out and about in Japan wearing cloth masks. The main reason is to prevent the spread of germs during cold and flu season, but recent research suggests that for women, wearing a pink mask could make them appear twice as attractive.
Based on that, we can only assume that anyone wearing one of these new Sailor Moon masks instantly becomes three times as good-looking.
In Japan, it’s quite a common sight to see people walking around or going to work wearing surgical masks. The reason is so they don’t spread germs to others, or potentially catch others’ germs, and they’re all over the place this time of year when people tend to get colds.
However there’s another reason you might see women wearing a surgical mask: research from Hokkaido University says that wearing a mask makes a woman appear significantly more attractive. And if they’re wearing a pink mask, then they basically turn into a supermodel.
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