{"id":6065,"date":"2020-01-28T14:59:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2020-01-28T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:59:51","slug":"why-do-japanese-people-wear-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/why-do-japanese-people-wear-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do Japanese people wear masks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"full_slider_1\" class=\"avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize\"><div class=\"avia-slideshow av-429ov5-ee0ae48f82dac67971b6c462c7808c03 avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1\" data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><ul class=\"avia-slideshow-inner \" style=\"padding-bottom: 28.666666666667%;\"><li class=\"avia-slideshow-slide av-429ov5-ee0ae48f82dac67971b6c462c7808c03__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd\"><div data-rel=\"slideshow-1\" class=\"avia-slide-wrap \"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-6087 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/japanese-mask-1500x430.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title alt=\"japanese mask\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-6087 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6087 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201500%20430%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title alt=\"japanese mask\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/japanese-mask-1500x430.jpg\"><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id=\"after_full_slider_1\" class=\"main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize\"><div class=\"container av-section-cont-open\"><div class=\"template-page content  av-content-full alpha units\"><div class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6065\"><div class=\"entry-content-wrapper clearfix\">\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-0a5a8ca308d4fafb54ec4db854a1d61f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-0a5a8ca308d4fafb54ec4db854a1d61f{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-0a5a8ca308d4fafb54ec4db854a1d61f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-0a5a8ca308d4fafb54ec4db854a1d61f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"av-special-heading av-av_heading-0a5a8ca308d4fafb54ec4db854a1d61f av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading\"><h1 class=\"av-special-heading-tag \" itemprop=\"headline\">Why do Japanese people wear masks? <\/h1><div class=\"av-subheading av-subheading_below\"><p>Hygiene of life and respect for others<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"hr av-2dnrhd-8cb3e7107b829e3b40ba80e811b54f65 hr-default  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock \"><span class=\"hr-inner \"><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k5h97edr-5ae94c1fdeb96030aa970861603f83dc\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-k5h97edr-5ae94c1fdeb96030aa970861603f83dc .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:17px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section av-k5h97edr-5ae94c1fdeb96030aa970861603f83dc \" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"><div class=\"avia_textblock\" itemprop=\"text\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many Japanese people regularly use white sanitary masks that hide half of their face, but contrary to popular belief, wearing a mask in Japan has absolutely nothing to do with pollution, as the country enjoys good air quality (unlike its Asian neighbours), even in the big cities&#8230; Indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/tokyo\/\">Tokyo<\/a> does not experience smog and has a relatively low concentration of fine particles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main reason for wearing a mask is to avoid spreading germs to others: whether it&#8217;s a simple cold or a good flu, in Japan when you&#8217;re sick, you always wear a mask to protect those around you, it&#8217;s a matter of common sense and mutual respect. However, during cold periods, which are the most conducive to getting sick, more people also wear masks only as a preventive measure, because prevention is better than cure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another reason for wearing a mask in winter is that it keeps your face warm, and more importantly, it prevents your throat from being irritated by cold air when you breathe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then there is the problem of pollen that arises with the arrival of spring. In fact, nearly a quarter of Japanese people are allergic to pollen, so wearing a mask is still quite common in this season when temperatures are beginning to be mild. Nevertheless in summer, being hot and no longer having viruses in the air, the masks disappear from the faces to reappear only from autumn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are also several other reasons without any direct sanitary connection, such as in certain professional fields (station agents, police officers, taxis,&#8230;) where the wearing of masks can be a form of decorum often going hand in hand with the wearing of white gloves and thus marking a neat and respectful presentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, as strange as it may seem to foreigners, the sanitary mask has become over time a fashion tool for some young Japanese who wear them in different colors and with various patterns.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why do Japanese people wear masks? 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