In Japan, a smile training course is being held for those who are accustomed to wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After about 3 years of wearing masks, due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the Japanese government decided last March to allow its citizens not to wear masks, but some, like Himawari Yoshida, received the decision with some fear because they were accustomed to life with it..

And the British “Sky News” network quoted Yoshida as saying: “I did not use my facial muscles much during the outbreak of the Corona virus in Japan.”“.

She added that she is now using the services of what is known as a “smile coach”, which rehabilitates people to be able to show a smile on the face again..

Keiko Kawano supervises the training of Yoshida and many other young people to smile, through many techniques, most notably installing mirrors to show faces, and stretching the sides of the mouths with fingers..

An hour-long lesson costs 7,700 yen, or $55. For those who want to be smiling instructors, offer Kawano Also one-day training workshops for 80,000 JPY, at New York Times