Pola puts shoe-shaped foot warmer on sale

Pola puts shoe-shaped foot warmer on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese cosmetics firm Pola Inc. starts selling a pair of shoe-shaped foot warmers on Nov. 5, 2014, that give the feeling of taking a footbath with the help of hot water.

Japanese begin footbath service in cafe in Athens

Japanese begin footbath service in cafe in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - A Japanese group began a footbath service Aug. 8 in front of a cafe in Athens, using water from a Greek hot spring, ahead of the start of the Athens Olympics.

Tsunami-hit area then and now

Tsunami-hit area then and now

Photo (top) taken March 27, 2011 shows Onagawa train station and a nearby area in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in the wake of the M9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that year. Bottom photo taken Aug. 24, 2015, shows the same station after being rebuilt. A family is using a footbath set up in front of the station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese begin footbath service in cafe in Athens

Japanese begin footbath service in cafe in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - A Japanese group began a footbath service Aug. 8 in front of a cafe in Athens, using water from a Greek hot spring, ahead of the start of the Athens Olympics. (Kyodo)

Footbath at evacuation shelter

Footbath at evacuation shelter

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Elderly people rest at a footbath set up at an evacuation center in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, about four weeks after the massive earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

Pola puts shoe-shaped foot warmer on sale

Pola puts shoe-shaped foot warmer on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese cosmetics firm Pola Inc. starts selling a pair of shoe-shaped foot warmers on Nov. 5, 2014, that give the feeling of taking a footbath with the help of hot water. (Kyodo)

Tokyo clothing store opens pop-up footbath using hot spring water from Beppu

Tokyo clothing store opens pop-up footbath using hot spring water from Beppu

People experience a footbath set up inside a BEAMS clothing store in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2016. The Japanese fashion brand runs the pop-up footbath, using hot spring water brought from Beppu, a southwestern Japanese city famous for its hot springs, on weekend afternoons for the month of November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo clothing store opens pop-up footbath using hot spring water from Beppu

Tokyo clothing store opens pop-up footbath using hot spring water from Beppu

People experience a footbath set up inside a BEAMS clothing store in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2016. The Japanese fashion brand runs the pop-up footbath, using hot spring water brought from Beppu, a southwestern Japanese city famous for its hot springs, on weekend afternoons for the month of November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo