Gen Z students in Japan are getting lessons on how to smile again without masks
After becoming too accustomed to wearing face masks in Japan, they are taking classes from a "smile instructor", Keiko Kawano.
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After becoming too accustomed to wearing face masks in Japan, they are taking classes from a "smile instructor", Keiko Kawano.
Keiko Kawano leads classes that teach students how to smile better. In Japan, face coverings and COVID-19 restrictions have added to a reduced ability to smile in public.
In one of Keiko Kawano's recent classes, more than a dozen Tokyo art school students held mirrors to their faces, stretching the sides of their mouths upward with their fingers: they were practising how to smile.
In one of Keiko Kawano's recent classes, more than a dozen Tokyo art school students held mirrors to their faces, stretching the sides of their mouths upward with their fingers: they were practising how to smile.
It's not something most people would think to pay for but Keiko Kawano's services as a smile instructor are seeing a surge in demand in Japan