Masks are getting used quite a bit for some of the heavy pollution in China currently, especially places like Shanghai. Japan’s use doesn’t tend to be pollution related, but a lot of the smog China was experiencing has headed over there also, so they’ve used masks for that a bit also.
2 thoughts on “Japanuary #2 – travelogues from Japan”
Tony McGurk
I always thought the mask thing was because of pollution. Now I know something new
damian
Masks are getting used quite a bit for some of the heavy pollution in China currently, especially places like Shanghai. Japan’s use doesn’t tend to be pollution related, but a lot of the smog China was experiencing has headed over there also, so they’ve used masks for that a bit also.