5 Japanese Wellness Rituals to Adopt Into Your Routine for Mindful Living — And How to Design Them at Home

A living room inspired by Japanese interior design, with a potted houseplant, vases of flowers, a tall potted tree, a beige couch, a green throw, a rice paper pendant lamp, and a TV.

Japan's wellness culture has always been ahead of the curve. Think the bathing ritual of ofuro, the purpose of a genkan, consuming seasonal plates, designing the changing year into your home, and adopting the shinrin-yoku mindset.

Some of these concepts involve adopting Japanese design principles into your home to help it soothe your senses, while the others take a more direct approach to slowing you down.