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.
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