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Men sleep on couches in a public seating area in a department store in Tokyo.

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I think Japanese people tend more toward having a nap in the public places, say, on the train and on the coach in a department store like the above, while non-Japanese tend more toward staying awake except for some extraordinary reason. Or, uh, Japanese people might be simply pretending to be taking a nap. ;‑)

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Thats Hikarie tower at Shibuya , pretty dark place, and I bet those guys are waiting for their partners to finish the toilet break!! lol

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Mrs is shopping = Good op for a long nap.

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Ah, well... the sofas and arm chairs are there to relax in, so why not? so long as it's in a department store and the chairs are not intended for numerous people to sit in (and clearly they are not), I don't care. It's the people who decide to take a nap in coffee shops, libraries, and sprawl out on park benches and other public spaces, denying others who want to use the space to drink coffee/shop, read/study, and sit and enjoy the park that bug me.

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Good place to nap, those sofa's are at least 150000 yen a piece, so better be worth the $

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Wow! It's nice photo.

I understand their wife or daughter or girlfriend have gone shopping by themselves.....

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Geronimo & Yukii

Have both NAILED it, the ladies are shopping!!

They must be like my wife who can ""zip"" into the super for 2-3 items & can easily take an hour or more!!! GW often relaxes in the car with a book(which is ALWAYS there for this purpose) or catch a snooze haha.

Sometimes if I have any shopping I can get it done & meet the wife back at the car & STILL get some read &/or snoozing in EASY!!

That's exactly what these dudes are doing in the picture!

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When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men take a nap or invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking.

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Been there done that. If she wants to shop and there's nothing in the area for me to do, then I'm napping like those guys.

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Mr cleo is not allowed to nap while I am shopping. I need someone to tell me truthfully if my bum looks big in this.

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Men sleep on couches in a public seating area in a department store in Tokyo.

It's called a MAN-CRECHE. We have them in England and the ladies just love it!!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/council-bosses-launch-man-creche-6468688

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My daughter recently said her hobby was sleeping!!When I came to Japan first and heard that as an answer to whats your hobby? i was shocked but now even my daughter has been infected.

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It's called a MAN-CRECHE. We have them in England

Carmarthen? Can they make a ball pit, but a bit deeper?

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Oh, so that's what you guys do when I ask you to hold my handbag while I'm in the dressing room.

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Salarymen, hard at work.

You think I'm kidding?

I'm not.

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I've found even better ! A "massage contraption" on chairs in a department store where it's "free-of-charge" to use one ! (It's a good "commercial" since I'm actually thinking of buying one ! ;) )

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Oh, so that's what you guys do when I ask you to hold my handbag while I'm in the dressing room.

Tessa,

Oh how I WISH, most ladies apparel shops have NO WHERE for us guys to plant ourselves, so we have to linger, wonder, on our own in places we should never be LOL!!!

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Cleo - yes, it does.

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I'm sure he says, "Not at all, dear. You look perfect!"

Nah, he's truthful.... :-(

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Look at that furniture. I bet it's a sell-out with those floor models. Quick honey let's buy a set. And Cleo....LOL

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They look so peaceful, let them alone -- makes me want to take a nap too.

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Guy at the far left is more than likely drooling all over the arm of that sofa !

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oh I love these. Makes me miss my old armchair too

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I wish every woman's shop had a place for naps. That said, I don't go shopping with women if I don't want to ...period. those days are done. Let them be mad or find a girlfriend. Nor do I get up early on days off "just because they do". great way to ruin a good relationship haha!

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