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Requested by the students themselves, the afternoon siesta is designed to improve concentration levels and protect the environment.

Culture, Japan, Lifestyle
(Hyogo • junior high school • school • school life • sleep • sleeping • students • studying)

Chinese manners-vigilante throws away shoes of sleeping passenger at airport

Master Blaster
Jun 4, 2016

One man in China was mad as hell at uncivilized behavior in airports and divided opinions in the country by not taking it anymore.

China, Lifestyle
(airport • etiquette • manners • shoes • sleeping)

Adorable kitten adopts kanji pose, shows us how to truly relax【Video】

KK Miller
Apr 13, 2016

This cute fur ball seems to have no worries and lets it all hang all out.

Cats, Cute, Japan
(animals • cats • cute • kittens • sleeping • videos)

We don’t think anyone has ever enjoyed a nap as much as this Shiba Inu dog in Japan 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Mar 24, 2016

Just try to get through this video without smiling and yawning.

Cute, Japan
(animals • cute • dogs • funny • pets • shiba • Shiba Inu • sleeping • video)

Napping taxi drivers in Tokyo become the subject of UK photographer’s work【Photos】

Jamie Koide
Mar 2, 2016

Check out these drowsy drivers catching 40 winks during a typical day in Japan’s busiest city.

Europe, Japan
(Japanese culture • life in japan • photos • sleeping • street photography • taxi drivers • taxis • transportation)

Feeling cold at night? Tokyo company will dispatch a hot guy to your place for a chaste sleepover

Casey Baseel
Nov 25, 2015

Ikebukuro-based company provides a shoulder to cry on and arms to sleep in by dispatching hot guys to spend the night at lonely women’s homes.

Japan
(hot guys • ikemen • rent a person • sleeping • weird)

That’s not a rabbit, that’s Mother Nature’s version of Pikachu (also known as Viscacha)【Photos】

Joan Coello
Jun 8, 2014

As the end of the week closes in, it’s time to slow things down a bit and unwind. It’s been raining in Tokyo for the past couple of days, and we all know what cool, rainy weather does to us, right? It makes us feel oh so sleepy… like these fluffy… real-life Pikachus…

W-what? Did I just say Pikachu? I mean, Viscacha! Just look at them dozing off on the rocks!

S America
(animals • cute • nature • Pikachu • sleeping)

18 people who know how to squeeze in a nap

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Feb 23, 2014

In this busy world, it’s hard to find time to take a nap. Sure, Spain has their siestas, but what about the rest of the world? If you’re in need of some shut eye, just take a cue from these 18 people who know how to get some much needed (or an entirely excessive amount of) sleep.

Global
(LOL • nap • sleeping)

Like to Sleep on Public Transportation? Protect Ya Neck with the UpRight Sleeper

Master Blaster
Oct 19, 2012

A while back we brought you some techniques on dealing with people who sleep on your shoulder during train, bus, or plane rides. However, the problem wouldn’t exist if many of us weren’t train sleepers ourselves. In Japan, you’re guaranteed to see at least one person sleeping if you ride the train after 6pm.

Even if a sleeper could avoid their fellow commuters they still run a high risk of hurting their own necks by sleeping upright. Luckily an American company has come to everyone’s rescue with the UpRight Sleeper. Now, if they can just convince people to wear the thing…