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Now you can carry the unnerving terror and beauty of Noh masks with you with new pouches from Japan

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2026
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Practical and horrifying!

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• (accessories • art • culture • Felissimo • masks • Noh • pouches • scary • scrazy • weird)

One month after masking was left to “personal judgement,” it’s still the norm in Tokyo, but why?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2023

Combination of factors is keeping masks on in Tokyo even as the government says they don’t have to be.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • Covid • etiquette • masks • pandemic • society)

Mask rules in Japan have changed…so are people still wearing them?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2023

We find out if people in Tokyo are ripping off their masks and throwing them to the wind in light of the new changes.

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• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • etiquette • government • health • manners • masking • masks • pandemic • public transport • rules • SNJO • society • Tokyo • trains • travel)

Masks should still be worn indoors, majority of Japanese people in poll say

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 27, 2023

Even with government plans to downgrade the coronavirus to the same danger level as seasonal flu, many plan to stay masked up.

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• (COK • coronavirus • etiquette • health • manners • masking • masks • society)

Foreign tourists react to mask-wearing in Japan, and Japanese people react to foreign non-maskers

• Oona McGee
  Oct 19, 2022

If you’re asking yourself the question “Do I have to wear a mask in Japan?” you might want to read this first.

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• Japan
• (border restrictions • coronavirus • entry ban • entry restrictions • foreigners in Japan • international tourists • Japan travel • masks • news • reopening • reopening borders • tourism • tourists • travel)

Japanese hotels likely to legally require travelers to wear masks under revised regulation

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2022

Proposed amendment comes as Japan is expected to announce timetable for unrestricted inbound tourism.

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• Japan
• (border control • COK • coronavirus • health • hotels • masks • travel)

Politician’s disgusting mask gaffe grosses out Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 13, 2022

With Tokyo’s infection numbers spiking, wearing a mask is important, but this was the wrong mask to wear.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • crazy • gross • masks • politicians • video • weird)

Studio Ghibli’s two most famous character masks come into the real world with mini o-men【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 11, 2022

Ghibli Museum’s hand-crafted masks are here just in time for Japan’s summer festival season.

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• (anime • culture • fashion • festivals • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • masks • No Face • o-men • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • summer festivals)

How to stop your glasses from fogging up when wearing a mask

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2022

Handy hack from a longtime Japanese mask wearer.

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• Japan
• (COK • eyeglasses • face masks • glasses • hack • lifehack • Lifehacks • masks • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO)

Our one-star Halloween mask from Amazon has arrived! …in mid-November

• Master Blaster
  Nov 22, 2021

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At least it sucks too.

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• Japan
• (alien mask • Amazon Japan • halloween • Masanuki Sunakoma • masks • one-star review • product reviews • slow delivery)

“Safe” way to drink on the street recommended by our mask expert, forbidden by everyone else

• Master Blaster
  Aug 4, 2021

Drown your sorrows or drown yourself trying.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • alcohol • beer • masks • public drinking • Seiji Nakazawa • snorkeling • Tokyo)

Japanese politician Skull Reaper A-ji sues city for refusing to show his masked face

• Master Blaster
  Jul 3, 2021

Oita City Councilman’s struggle to wear his masks with pride has grown into a hellacious slobberknocker of litigation.

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• (city council • lawsuit • masks • Oita • politics • professional wrestling • Skull Reaper A-ji • Super Delfin • The Great Sasuke)

Japan creates world’s first edible face mask…from melon bread

• Oona McGee
  Jun 9, 2021

Protect yourself from the virus while breathing in the sweet aroma of Japanese melon pan.

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• (art • bread • coronavirus • design • face masks • food and drink • funny • Japanese food • masks • melon • melon bread • Melon Pan • weird)

Man who refused to wear a mask on a plane got arrested again, this time for punching a policeman

• Dale Roll
  Apr 15, 2021

After a disturbance he caused by–you guessed it–not wearing a mask.

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• (anti maskers • arrest • Junya Okuno • masks • pandemic • police • public disturbance • violence)

New crowdfunding project from Japan mixes COVID-19 comedy with a touch of Kyoto craftsmanship

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 12, 2021

Get ready to meet some art that’s simultaneously brand new and ages-old.

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• (art • COVID-19 • crowdfunding • culture • face masks • Kyoto • local artists • masks • Noh • Noh masks)

Pandemic life hack: This Muji wet tissue box is perfect for storing disposable masks

• Dale Roll
  Apr 2, 2021

That is, if you can get your hands on it.

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• Japan
• (home • masks • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • storage)

Man who refused to wear mask on airplane in Japan gets arrested four months later

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2021

Airline apparently did not forgive or forget.

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• (airlines • airplanes • coronavirus • crime • mask • masks • Peach Aviation • planes • travel)

Man kicked out of Japan’s national college entrance exam for improper mask-wearing technique

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2021

If you can’t handle wearing a mask properly, you’re probably not ready for higher education.

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• Japan
• (Center Test • COK • college • college entrance exams • coronavirus • education • entrance exams • masks • schools • university)

Japan’s crazy Air Shield face shield gets strapped to Mr. Sato’s head【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 17, 2021

Our man of many masks tries out this inflatable shield.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • face masks • face shields • masks • Mr. Sato • SNJO • weird)

Japanese shrine may have created the most Kyoto-like “wear a mask” reminder ever

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 5, 2021

Fushimi Inari-taisha did all sorts of things to keep visitors safe this New Year’s, and one may be steeped in the local culture’s velvety harshness.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • funny • Fushimi • Fushimi Inari • Fushimi Inari Shrine • Fushimi Inari Taisha • Kyoto • masks • society)

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