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Japanese head spa girls trips, a long, slow scalp ritual

A long, slow scalp ritual that makes everyone go very quiet. Pick the treatment, pick your city, and get this girls trip out of the group chat.

What it is
A scalp treatment, usually booked in turns
Make it a weekend
Pick your city, pick a weekend
Cities
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast
Weekends from
$429 per person, somewhere to stay included
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Why a Japanese head spa works for a girls trip

Everyone goes very quiet. That is the review.

Some friends are impossible to quiet down. Then they sit back in the chair, the water warms up and the whole conversation stops.

A Japanese head spa usually combines a scalp cleanse, a long massage and warm water, often in a reclined chair or bed, one guest at a time. The rest of the group takes turns, so the waiting happens in robes with a drink.

Everyone comes out with softer shoulders, damp hair and only a rough idea of what day it is.

You’ll look exactly as relaxed as you feel.

What a Japanese head spa is like

Lie back, eyes closed.

A Japanese head spa usually means a treatment room, a reclined chair or bed and a long scalp cleanse and massage with warm water, booked in turns for a group.

  1. Settle in.

    A reclined chair, a towel and a very comfortable pillow.

  2. The scalp ritual.

    A cleanse, a long massage and warm water, with nothing asked of you.

  3. The slow wake up.

    Damp hair, soft shoulders and a very quiet few minutes.

  4. Three friends in white robes taking a selfie at a day spa

    Then make it a weekend.

    Book the treatment, then pick a girls weekend in your city: somewhere to stay, the food, the drinks and where to next, already in an order that works.

Get this girls trip out of the group chat

Pick a weekend, pick your city.

Slow, glowy weekends to book it around. Each is a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay, the food, the drinks and where to next already in an order that works. Each city’s page has every other girls weekend there.

Prices are from, per person, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact dates.

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Melbourne

Your usual catch up could never

Girl’s Glow Up Weekend

A tailored skin session at a beauty bar with bubbly, a luxe stay with a heated pool, sauna and steam room, then dinner by the river and a bottle of sparkling.

From $479 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a luxe apartment
  • A tailored skin session
  • Poolside indulgence: heated pool, sauna and steam room
  • Riverside dinner with bubbly and share plates
  • A bottle of bubbly with waterfront drinks
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Sydney

Shoulders down, glasses up

Spa-cation Mode

A relaxation massage at a day spa with a glass of bubbly after, then a bottle by the water and dinner up on a rooftop.

From $499 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • An hour of relaxation massage at a day spa
  • A bottle of bubbly at a waterfront bar
  • A discounted cocktail menu
  • Rooftop dinner with bubbly and share plates
Three friends in robes and sunglasses laughing on the bed

Brisbane

Fresh nails, old friends

The Bestie Break

A professional pamper team at your apartment with a manicure and pedicure for everyone, then bubbly and dinner under the neon, fresh nails on full display.

From $429 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • A manicure and pedicure each
  • A pamper team that comes to you
  • Bubbles on arrival and share plates at a neon dining room
  • A discounted cocktail menu
Four friends in white robes laughing and toasting with bubbly at the day spa

Gold Coast

Quiet first, then all the chatter

Tides and Tranquility

An afternoon at a five star day spa with an hour each, a massage, a facial or half of each, then a rooftop bottle and dinner by the water.

From $499 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic coastal apartment
  • A five star day spa with fluffy robes, sauna and steam
  • An hour each: a facial, a massage or half of each
  • A bottle of bubbly at a rooftop beach club
  • Waterfront dinner with share plates

What kind of girls group a Japanese head spa suits

The ones who need to stop thinking.

It suits the friend who never stops planning, and the one who has been meaning to try it for ages.

Four friends in white robes clinking champagne flutes

The overthinkers.

An hour with nothing to decide.

The hair people.

A long wash and massage, done for you.

The pamper people.

A turn each, in robes.

Every age at the table.

From the twenty somethings to the friends who’ve been to every birthday since school.

A milestone birthday.

A long, slow treat before the big night.

The quiet catch up crowd.

A slow one, taken in turns.

What pairs well with a Japanese head spa

The slow bits of the weekend.

More slow ideas to stack onto the same weekend, each with its own page.

A facial

A skin session, bubbly in hand. Its own weekends in Melbourne and on the Gold Coast.

More on facials

A day spa

A massage each. Its own weekends in Sydney and on the Gold Coast.

More on day spas

A pamper session

A manicure or a pamper team at your apartment. Its own weekends in every city.

More on pamper sessions

A bathhouse

Pool, spa and sauna. Its own weekends in Melbourne and on the Gold Coast.

More on bathhouses

A girls night in

Pyjamas, grazing and the couch. Its own weekends in every city.

More on girls nights in

A sound bath

Lie down and let the bowls do the talking.

More on sound baths

A yoga class

A gentle stretch before brunch.

More on yoga classes

Brunch the next morning

A long table with something sparkling. Its own weekends in every city.

More on bottomless brunch

Every pamper and glow girls weekend idea

Good to know about a Japanese head spa for a girls trip

The small things the girls will ask about.

Making it a weekend

Book the treatment with a studio, then pick a girls weekend in your city.

Booking

Head spas usually book in turns, so check the studio has a time for everyone in the group.

Hair

Check with the studio you book what to bring and what to expect.

Photos

Damp hair and big smiles. What goes on socials is the group’s call.

Japanese head spa girls trips, at a glance

What it is
A scalp treatment, usually a cleanse and a long massage with warm water, booked in turns.
Make it a weekend
Pick your city and a girls weekend, then book the treatment with a studio.
Group size
From six of you. Fewer? Tell us how many when you check your dates.
Price
The weekends start from $429 per person, with somewhere to stay included. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates.
Who we are
My Ultimate Girls Trip, part of My Ultimate, female founded in 2011.

Real girls trip reviews

In their own words, exactly as written.

Two women in robes and face masks with champagne by a pool

we FINALLY went.

That is basically my review haha. 4 years of "we really need a girls weekend" and then we actually bloody did it.

Jessica Tran, 31
Three women in pyjamas and sheet masks taking a selfie on a sofa

We're mums. We're wives. We're single. We're divorced. We're executives. We're exhausted. We're not exhausted. We're all completely different.

But we're still the girls who have known each other for 20 years.

This weekend felt like making space for that part of our lives again.

Loved every second.

Jade C., 45

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A Japanese head spa, or a whole girls weekend

Glow first, then keep going.

Plenty of groups book a head spa and walk out floating. Then the last one finishes, the booking ends and everyone has to work out dinner.

A My Ultimate weekend is the whole thing in one booking: somewhere to stay, something slow built in, the food, the drinks and where to next, so the glow carries into the rest of the weekend.

Somewhere to stay, already in it.One living room for the getting ready, the debrief and the morning coffee.
One front door at the end of the night.Everyone heads home to the same place, very relaxed.
You’re in the photo.In a robe with the girls, not booking the next car.

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Girls trip idea: a slow pamper weekend. A skin session or a day spa, with somewhere to stay for all of us.

From $429pp. Who’s in?

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Pick your city

Where are we going?

Pick your city to see every girls weekend there, prices and all. Then book a Japanese head spa with a studio and get the whole trip out of the group chat.

Know what the girls want? Start a Melbourne girls trip wishlist, or check available dates for your group or call or chat with us on 1300 339 734.

Japanese head spa girls trip questions

Asked a lot, answered here.

Still deciding? See what pairs well with a Japanese head spa, or pick your city and see the weekends.

Can we do a Japanese head spa on our girls trip?

Yes. Book a treatment with a studio, then pick a girls weekend in your city and get the whole trip out of the group chat. A skin session or pamper weekend is a lovely fit.

What happens at a Japanese head spa?

Usually a scalp cleanse and a long massage with warm water, often in a reclined chair or bed, one guest at a time.

How long does each treatment take?

It varies by studio, so check when you book.

How much are the weekends?

The weekends shown start from $429 per person, with somewhere to stay included. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact weekend when you check availability.

How many of us do we need?

Six for each of the weekends. Fewer than that? Let us know how many of you there are. We cater for groups of many sizes.