We All Smile, It Is So Natural,

but in Japan it seems the facial expression had been forgotten by many,

so many in fact that 'smile schools' are the norm, after 3 years of covid many people in Japan have literally forgotten how to smile, so a number of Japanese people are paying so-called smiling educators to teach them how to smile again, without looking awkward,

“A smile is only a smile if it’s conveyed,” Keiko Kawano, a radio personality-turned-entrepreneur, told The Japan Times. “Even if you’re thinking about smiling or that you’re happy, if you have no expression, it won’t reach the audience.” Kawano said that she has taught smiling classes to around 4,000 people so far and has also helped train around 700 certified “smile specialists” since she started her work in 2017. However, demand for her services has skyrocketed recently after people started giving up the medical masks they have been wearing for the last 3 years,

“I’ve heard from people who say that even if they’re able to remove their masks, they don’t want to show the bottom half of their faces, or that they don’t know how to smile anymore,” smile trainer Miho Kitano said. “Some say that they see more wrinkles around their eyes after using them more to smile, or they feel like their face is drooping because they haven’t been using it as much as before.” reading all of this is was reminded of the saying, “every cloud has a silver lining!”, for the full story have a look here.