When I was in Melbourne last week, I distributed a few Japanese face masks to my friends – mainly to try and goad them into embarrassing themselves wearing them around town (and hopefully not set off any security alerts…).
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Trend Hunter reviews Mechakucha
The Trend Hunter website has found a new emerging trend: foreigners in Japan who wear face masks. And it’s more true than used to be the case – I’ve seen plenty of foreigners this winter wearing masks. Maybe on doctor’s orders like me the other week, or maybe it’s really catching on. I expected people… Continue reading Trend Hunter reviews Mechakucha
At home with the flu
I should have known that writing a post comparing surgical masks would have been a prophetic prediction of things to come – I’m currently at home with the flu. I even finished it off with “Watch out office, here I come on Monday”. I should have said Tuesday, as I was only one day out…
A first-timer’s guide to Japanese surgical face masks
Everyone’s sniffling, snuffling and snorting their way through winter, and it seems that much of the population of Tokyo is wearing a surgical face mask to keep their colds to themselves, or protect themselves from catching a nasty bug. I decided to try some masks out for myself, so went down to my local convenience store… Continue reading A first-timer’s guide to Japanese surgical face masks