Name: アジア人がいつもマスクをする理由 (Why Asians Always Wear Masks)
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If you’ve ever been to any East Asian countries, or seen them in pictures or TV shows, you

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probably noticed hundreds of people wearing surgical masks.

They wear them in public transport, cafes, in the street, and in the office.

Apparently, there’s an absurd number of surgeons in these countries who like to wear

In Japan, Korea, China, and Vietnam, medical face masks have long ago become part of everyday

It looks like the most obvious reason would be to not catch a cold.

Well, technically, it all started with that.

Wearing a mask gives minimal protection from germs, though it’s the opinion of some that

viruses have no difficulty getting through them.

But the real reason is that people who are already sick wear masks in an effort to not

The Japanese aren’t used to skipping a single workday, even if they’re not feeling well.

When you’re sick, you’re constantly leaving a trail of germs that stay behind wherever

you go: on seats in public transport, doors, and hand-rails.

That’s why wearing a mask is a social courtesy: if you feel sick, you’re not supposed to

During flu epidemics in a cold season, every second man, woman, and baby in Asia wears

The fewer people get ill, the less the epidemic will spread, and the faster it’ll end.

Industrialized cities and thousands of cars don’t make for clean air.

If you ride a scooter, and there are millions of them in Vietnam and China, you’ll want

It protects not only from dust and emissions, but all sorts of flying insects that bump

Masks are also effective against allergies.

The end of February is the beginning of allergy season for people in Japan.

Pollen spreads around the whole country for several months, till the end of May, and makes

life miserable for those who are sensitive to it.

Red eyes, a runny nose, and itching are the most harmless signs of allergies.

No wonder people don’t ever take off their masks in the streets during spring.

In those Asian countries where winters can be cold and frosty, masks can also help to

A shallower upside to the masks for the ladies is that they hide your face if you didn’t

Put on some mascara and a mask and you’ll look great.

Men have their own advantage too: they can wear a mask to hide if they’ve failed to

Asians wear masks so often that they’ve long ago become part of their wardrobe.

Young people try to pick out a mask color and shape to match their outfit.

Manufacturers produce them as a trendy accessory in different colors and materials, and Asian

designers call masks an element of “smog couture”.

Still another reason masks are so popular in the countries of East Asia is that they

If you don’t want to share your sadness or joy with others, masks will help you with

It’s a true gift for introverts who don’t feel like talking to strangers or answering

Some people also wear headphones and feel safe and protected wherever they go.

The Asian masks market is thriving, they spend $230,000,000 on masks yearly in Japan alone.

One Japanese manufacturer even started producing masks that help with shedding weight.

They have a special color and flavor that stimulate the metabolism to help its owner

Wow, I assumed it would just plug up his mouth.

But this isn’t the only interesting tradition in Asia that surprises foreigners.

This ancient culture has hundreds of mysteries.

Asia is the biggest continent in square miles and population.

It’s bigger than the entire surface of the moon by 2.9 million square miles.

The population of the whole continent is 60% of the world’s population.

If all these people stand together holding each other’s hands, nothing would get done

– oh, and they’d make 100 circles around the Earth.

Only one Chinese province, Sichuan, has more people in it than Greece, Portugal, Netherlands,

Austria, Guatemala, Malaysia, Australia and Canada put together.

And this province is only the 4th biggest in China.

Though China is in 5 time zones, there’s officially only one that they use.

The government accepted this rule in the middle of the 20th century to make the people of

That’s why, when it’s 6 am in Beijing, the Western territories will be in darkness

The Vietnamese New year, Tet, is a birthday for everyone.

It starts on the first day of the Moon calendar, which is at the end of winter, and is celebrated

The Vietnamese and Koreans count their age by the number of Moon years.

So even if a child is born several days before Tet, they won’t turn one year old until

The Thai New Year is celebrated from April 13 till April 15, and is the oldest festival

One of the main rituals of this holiday is smearing each other with a mixture of water,

And this helps with what -- a facial or something?

If you know about it, tell me in the comments.

The Japanese are the thinnest nation among the largest economies.

Japanese laws demand that men’s waist shouldn’t be wider than 33.5 inches.

Women’s waists shouldn’t be wider than 35 inches.

People who break the law won’t be fined or jailed, but will get a medical consultation

and are usually put on a diet approved by the government.

This is done for the sake of the nation’s health, since excess weight is generally linked

So it’s their way to weigh you, so you don’t weigh, way, way too much.

The Chinese name their children after events.

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