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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:58:01 +0000

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By: New Face Mask, Japan Living | Shibuya246

New Face Mask, Japan Living | Shibuya246 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:07:29 +0000

[...] are many makers of face masks and with the Swine Flu panic they are all seeing booming sales. My local convenience store is [...]

By: Tristan

Tristan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:17:07 +0000

Thanks!

Here's a place where you actually shop for them– http://mtcoffinz.com/ (Click "Cyber Masks")
Advertised as, "These Surgical Masks are an easy way to make your night out more memorable. They are cut and fitted to be comfortable on your face. Each mask stays in place with two small elastic bands that wrap behind your ears.

You are going to stand out the next time you hit the clubs, everyone will be dying to talk to you! They will fit everyone, in all shapes and sizes. "

By: Shibuya246

Shibuya246 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:10:00 +0000

Glad you like the site. Feel free to post a link if you want. I'm sure others will appreciate the info.

By: Tristan

Tristan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:30:33 +0000

I've just found this site now. I really like it, it's so interesting. ^.^ Face masks actually are pretty fashionable, at least in America, in some of the goth subcultures. Surround yourself with some cyber-goths and I guarantee you half of them are wearing face masks. (Usually heavily, heavily decorated.) I don't know if they're actually functional… they'd probably just cause some oxygen deprivation. May I post a picture here? Or a link to one? (or you can just google search "cyber goth mask")

By: Shibuya246

Shibuya246 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:26:08 +0000

LOL. It is hard to know whether the person behind the mask is hiding something

By: Lala-Ru

Lala-Ru — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:13:12 +0000

When I worked in Walmart a few years back, there was a gentleman who wore a surgical mask shopping because he was allergic to a good deal of the perfume's people used. It seemed strange to me at the time, and I was a little worried about him being seriously ill and myself getting it. Now I'm trying to find a fashionable one to wear on my walks home to prevent the inhilation of gnats after the rain.

By: Shibuya246

Shibuya246 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:15:20 +0000

LOL, By the look of your icon gravatar you already have the face mask situation covered.

The beauty of Japanese masks is that there is so much choice in the stores. People don't so much look at you because you have a mask on, but because they are checking out the style of your mask.

By: Shibuya246

Shibuya246 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:50:41 +0000

Good point. A bit like wearing a motorbike helmet when entering a bank. People might get the wrong idea

By: Shibuya246

Shibuya246 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:49:47 +0000

There are masks that help with pollen yes. Some of those are covered in the DIME article.

By: Supreme Nothing

Supreme Nothing — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:26:08 +0000

I wish the Japanese custom of surgical masks would come over to the West. I wear one to fight the pollen when I'm doing yard work, but if I were to wear it out in public people would think I was going to rob them!

By: plutarch

plutarch — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:46:39 +0000

There has been some talk of cyclists wearing masks when training to help with the pollution in the traffic – do these masks help with the pollution in Tokyo?