The real reason Japanese youth wear masks every day

I thought it was just to avoid the dust and bacteria, but who expected the use of this mask has been raised to a new height in the country of the rising sun.

If you first set foot in Japan, making sure the "domination" of the mask will make you gasp in surprise. Images of Japanese people using masks can easily be found anywhere: on the street, in the supermarket or under the subway.

According to 2014 data, the Japanese market for masks has even more than $ 200 million in revenue, a surprising number for such small items.

So why is it so strange to use masks? The purpose of protecting health is too obvious, because this is also the reason that masks are born. As a super clean country, the issue of hygiene and safety is highly focused by Japan.

Images of Japanese people using masks are easily caught anywhere.

In the past, most masks were only for people who wore it to prevent infection and spread the bacteria to the surrounding environment. But that is an old story, today people use masks even when they are healthy to prevent bacteria for themselves.

This can also be seen as understandable in Japan - where you can interact with hundreds of people every day on public transport types and of course not everyone knows to keep the rule to cover your mouth when sneezing.

Use masks right from a healthy time to prevent bacteria for yourself.

However, according to many recent studies, the cause of the mask appears with such a dense frequency in Japan is not entirely in the issue of hygiene.

Jun Fujikake - an adolescent psychologist, said one of the reasons Japanese youth wear masks is to limit their communication with others .

Please don't talk to me!

"The trend of using masks to avoid talking directly with people around may stem from the electronic communication culture of young people today, when everything is sent via email or social networking , " Fujikake said.

In addition, it is hard to believe that this thing that covers our face can help the wearer hold the image.

Many stars here revealed that after removing makeup, wearing masks will help the owners hide their faces in public and do not surprise people by their true beauty.

The thing that covers our face is what helps the wearer hold the image.

Even for ordinary people who do not need to be beautiful at all times like singers or actors, masks are still the best choice when they have to go to the street without the time to "apply".

More surprisingly, in this country masks are even considered fashion accessories. There are nice clothes, nice shoes, more stylish masks to be " trendy"!

Just a few keywords search online, people can easily encounter hundreds of models of diverse masks, from floral motifs or cartoon characters to simulate ninja masks for men.

I want to be cute and cute.

Finally, the peak of the mask in Japan is the effect . weight loss. This specially designed version of the mask smelled of raspberries, and was advertised as being able to promote metabolism in humans.

Although there is no scientific evidence to confirm that, this slimming mask is still very popular among Japanese youth.

With a lot of reasons above, if next time have the opportunity to visit Japan, please remember to "enter custom" and comfortably wear a mask!