We all need a good cry from time to time and a hotel in Japan thinks it can help.
The Mitsui Garden Yotsuya hotel in Japan is offering special "crying rooms" where people can go to shed their tears.
The rooms, which are specifically aimed at women, come with tissues, tear-jerker films and makeup remover.
The concept has certainly left us with many, many questions.
Is it not okay to cry in public now? Why are the rooms aimed only at women? What happens if a man in the hotel feels tearful?
Guess we'll have to visit Japan to find out.
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