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a few pieces of media that fit the bill really well and are available easily in the West:

Attack of the Friday Monsters - it's a short 3DS game about children's fantasy merging their small town reality with a TV show

Barakamon - anime about a calligrapher who gets banished to a small island in the inland sea and comes to embrace rural life and playing with the local children. (Pictured but not mentioned in the article)

Rilakkuma and Kaoru - Stop motion TV show on Netflix about a woman who lives office lady life but also had two plush(?) bears and a chicken who live with her. Very relaxing.

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I'll add a few that I enjoy

Flying Witch - A witch goes to live in the countryside with her relatives as part of her training. Lovely world-building.

Girls' Last Tour - Two girls on a journey through a gigantic post-apocalyptic city. The setting is quite bleak but the story mostly focuses on how the main characters are finding joy in their world.

Aria - The daily lives of apprentice gondoliers in Neo-Venezia, a replica of Venice built on a terraformed Mars.

The manga and anime for all of these are available legally in English. Unfortunately you may have to jump through some hoops if you want to acquire their OSTs, which is a shame because they're all excellent.

You might also enjoy YKK (Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou)[0][1], particularly the manga version, which was my introduction to the genre of slice-of-life years before the Aria seasons (which are absolutely lovely and with a great OST indeed)

Also a great guitar cover of Aria's "Rainbow"[2], most satisfying guitar tab I've had the chance to learn too.

[0] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/YokohamaKaidash...

[1] http://www.mangareader.net/yokohama-kaidashi-kikou

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hZ8uMRmRI0

Aria is realy nice and not well known - and that chapter/episode where they visit the onsen in an abandonned mansion that is flowing into the see - incredibly soothing & likely my favorite chapter/episode ever. :)

I'm also strongly suggest these three animes you suggested for iyashikei than moe. Other good stuff: Yuru Camp, Is the order a rabbit?, The helpful fox Senko-san, Nekopara

Non Non Biyori is a pretty great series as well, and it really captures that wonderful everyday fun/boredom of living in the countryside where even going to buy sweets is an adventure.

A few more, in this case, games that fit the relaxing element really well:

A Short Hike - PC/Linux/Mac you hike up a mountain and, discover things and people along the way.

Journey - PS4 game in which you travel through a beautiful dessert landscape.

People around here might appreciate New Game and the sequel too. I think most of the time they fall squarely within this genre.

A Channel is another healing anime, as is Song of the Sky. Laid-back Camp is probably the most recent and most popular healing anime out there.

Welcome to the NHK isn't one, but in the manga the game the two protagonists are working on is a healing/erogame, and the main protagonist goes into length about why he is making it.

> Song of the Sky

Do you mean "Sound of the Sky", the post-apocalyptic Iyashikei?

EDIT: The anime community sometimes sticks with the Japanese title in Romanji, calling it "Sora no Woto". Same show, but depends on how various people feel like translating the title.

Yes I mean that. I mixed the titles in my head and didn't catch it.

Yuri Camp is one of my favourites, it really does capture that wonderful tranquil feeling of being outdoors. And it has introduced me to a number of great new winter foods from Japan too!

It's Yuru Camp, not yuri camp, that's... something else, but it's definitely a great relaxing show with seriously impressive background art and real locations.

Haha oh dear, that was an unfortunate typo :|

I keep a copy of Jiro Taniguchi's The Walking Man [0] in my room at all times. It's about slowing down and appreciating the small things in life: the birds, the water, the leaves, the weather.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Man-Jiro-Taniguchi/dp/8493340...

There is a extended edition for half the price. I assume that's an ok choice?

I haven't read the extended edition, but anyway you can get this manga in your hands without breaking the bank is worth it. I had to find my copy at a second hand book store.

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