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This semi-secret, totally free footbath in downtown Tokyo is completely awesome

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2026
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The Museum of Narratives has an oasis for your feet.

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• Japan
• (ashiyu • COK • cool • footbaths • MoN Takanawa The Museum of Narratives • museums • relaxing • SNJO • Takanawa Gateway • Takanawa Gateway City)

Bar event for sitting and spacing out opening in Tokyo, offers the luxury of doing nothing

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 28, 2025

Boutto Suru Bar is committed to boutto suru ideal.

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• Japan
• (bars • cafes • COK • cool • crazy • drinks • relaxing • weird)

Tokyo Space-out tournament draws nearly 100 competitors, finds who’s the best at doing nothing【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2024

Competitors judged on technical and artistic quality of their spacing out.

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • relaxing • Tokyo Space-out Competition • video • weird)

Rent an entire folk house in Japan, surrounded by nature just outside Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2022

Traditional features with modern luxuries, including an outdoor sauna and rotenburo bath, provide you with a truly unforgettable stay.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • Chiba • Chiba Prefecture • COK • cool • hotels • Japanese accommodation • kominka • minshuku • nature • onsen • relaxing • travel)

We retreat for a day of rejuvenation at Green Hill Yatsugatake recreation facility in Yamanashi

• Krista Rogers
  May 4, 2022

The rec facility is open to anyone for reservations and boasts grounds that are 7.5 times the size of Tokyo Dome.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • hot springs • hotels • Mariko Ohanabatake • nature • onsen • relaxing • Shunjuku • SNJO • sports • Tokyo • travel • Yamanashi)

A look inside the real sauna installed in a city bus: Sabus

• Master Blaster
  Mar 28, 2022

Probably the only city bus you can describe as a “hot ride.”

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• Japan
• (buses • events • Himeji City • Hyogo • recreation • relaxing • Sabus • saunas • Shinki Bus • SNO)

We visit a place where you can rent a private sauna room, achieve the height of relaxation

• Dale Roll
  Mar 21, 2022

A private, customizable space that’s all yours for up to 100 minutes!

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• Japan
• (Den-en-Toshi Line • Kanagawa • Luxury • Masanuki Sunakoma • relaxation • relaxing • Roku Sauna • sauna • Tama Plaza Station • Yokohama)

Tour space with a cat guide while the sweet aroma of catnip and paw pads fills your nostrils

• Katie Pask
  Feb 14, 2022

This will be one space trip cat fans will never forget.

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• Japan
• (anime • cats • cool • cute • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba • planetariums • relax • relaxing • science • technology • Tokyo • weird)

TGIFWPAV: Thank God it’s Friday with the Pikachu ASMR video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 4, 2020

Put in your earphones and get ready for the warm fuzzies that only the Pokémon stars “pika” can provide.

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• Internet, Japan
• (anime • ASRM • cool • cute • Pikachu • Pokemon • relaxing • video • video games)

Become a bear and ‘hibernate’ in the woods with this private hammock tent

• Katie Pask
  Oct 23, 2020

Who says hammocks have to be restricted to summer time fun?

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cool • forest • hammock • Nagano • nature • relaxing • travel • trees • winter)

Tokyo spas offer limited-time Gudetama and Kero Kero Keroppi baths and goodies【Photos】

• Shannon
  Oct 8, 2020

Want to get your soak on with a lazy egg or with a frog?

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• Japan
• (collaboration • Gudetama • hot springs • Kero Kero Keroppi • onsen • relaxing • Sanrio • spa)

How to have a Japanese rotenburo bath experience without leaving your home【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 25, 2020

Just because you can’t go to a hot spring doesn’t mean you can’t have a sublime soak.

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• Japan
• (bathing • baths • COK • cool • funny • Go Hatori • hot springs • onsen • relaxing • rotenburo • SNJO • weird)

Visual kei band Golden Bomber puts fans to sleep for White Day 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 16, 2020

Like dozing off with Cloud at the campfire on a Final Fantasy adventure.

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• Japan
• (ASMR • bonfire • cloud • Final Fantasy • fire • Golden Bomber • Japanese bands • music • relaxing • videos • visual kei • YouTube)

Pokémon releases ASMR videos featuring Charmander fire and snacking Chespin【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Jan 17, 2020

Gotta catch some Zzzz’s!

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• Japan
• (ASMR • Charmander • Chespin • cute • Pokemon • relaxing • videos • YouTube)

Rakuten Travel reveals the top 5 best-rated, off-the-beaten-track Japanese ryokan inns

• Dale Roll
  Dec 13, 2019

If you want a true getaway, one of these inns would be the perfect place to stay!

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• Japan
• (hidden gems • Japan travel • Japanese inns • onsen • private • relaxing • ryokan • ryokans • vacations)

The Ryokan Tokyo Yugawara offers a unique writer’s retreat with a luxurious onsen

• Shannon McNaught
  Jul 11, 2019

This is one of the most relaxing ways to get over writer’s block we’ve ever heard of.

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• Japan
• (Kanagawa • onsen • relaxing • ryokan • writer's block • writer's retreat • Yugawara)

Kyoto massage parlor would like to offer you a head rub on a self-driving tatami reed floor【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2019

Company behind Tokyo’s steampunk massage parlor goes even more old-school with beautiful and relaxing innovation.

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• Japan
• (AI • cool • Goku no Kimochi • Kyoto • massage • relaxing • self driving cars • tatami • technology • video)

New Tokyo meditation studio will teach you to “be in the moment” in relaxing 30-minute sessions

• Dale Roll
  Jul 7, 2018

We checked out downtown Tokyo’s newest mental oasis, and came away feeling better about our “lightly cloudy” selves.

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• Japan
• (COK • health • meditation • meditation studio • relaxation • relaxing • shinjuku • SNOJ • wellness)

Japanese kitty shows us that a cat pillow is a critical component of a proper cat nap【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2016

Hope you don’t have anything important to do today, because these two kitties are about to convince you that you need a nap right now.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • pets • relaxing • video)

Super-comfy sofa is threatening to turn our reporter into a human-sloth hybrid【Pics】

• KK Miller
  May 10, 2016

It might be incredibly supportive, but it sucks the will to be productive right out of you.

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• Japan, USA
• (couch • furniture • interior • P.K. Sanjun • relaxing • sofa • yogibo)

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