Hidefumi Yoshida, is a "teacher of tears", yes, you read that right. He has been practicing his profession for 7 and a half years.

 "My job is to make people feel liberated through tears. "I made about 50,000 people cry during this time."

He says he uses movies, children's books and letters to make people cry. The films he uses contain a variety of themes, such as family, animals, athletes or nature.

"Some people just cry when they see beautiful nature scenes."

The class is called "rui-katsu", which means "tears search" and is a service that provides support and a safe space where people can cry.

Rui-Katsu's main goal is to relieve stress. It is important to shed even a single tear, but the more you cry, the better you will feel, according to the teacher.

"Tears also improve the immune system. "I used to get sick often, but after I started this job and cried regularly once a week, I no longer got any flu or illness," he says.

Tears have physical and psychological advantages. They can relieve pain and improve mood.

"I think historically, the Japanese have been predisposed to cry more easily, but recently in Japanese society it has become difficult to cry. "A lot of Japanese are trying to hold their own."

From childhood we are taught not to cry and growing up, we close in on ourselves. This causes us to accumulate stress.

"Some of my clients are in a state of self-denial and others have gone through a lot of hardships in life. "Most people have bad perceptions of crying, so my role is to take away from people the idea that they should not cry."

One of Yoshida's clients says:

"I did not know I could cry like that. I found myself suddenly, full of emotions. I cried until I felt pain, but then I felt liberated, as if I had just taken a bath. "

The tears teacher adds:

"Rui-Katsu has a spiritual advantage as well. Some clients know themselves in other dimensions, for example: they cry watching videos from their childhood."

Source: BBC