Akane Massage

Akane is old Sukhumvit. Its website dates it to 2003 and describes it as a Japanese-style fashion massage parlour, with a card written in a vocabulary all its own: Fashion Health Service, S3-P, A2-P. Prices start at ฿980 for an hour of Lotion Massage (Hand) and top out at ฿3,780.

It suits Japanese-speaking visitors, and anyone who values a low entry price and a card where, the website says, the service charge and a soft drink are included. Skip it if choice matters: its Google rating is 3.8 from 73 reviews, and several recent reviewers say the lineup was thin. Others say the shop isn't what it used to be.

According to its website, Akane is a Japanese-style 'fashion massage' parlour that has been open since 2003. The website is in English and Japanese, and mentions branches at Sukhumvit 33 and Chidlom as well. There are normal and V.I.P rooms; the V.I.P rooms are limited and the website advises reserving one.

Every course, it says, includes the service charge and one free soft drink. The card covers lotion and nuru services, a skin scrub and salt massage, and a two-therapist nuru line, which puts it on the four-hands list. The listing gives no payment methods or walk-in policy.

Its rate card lists:

• Lotion Massage (Hand) 60 min: ฿980
• Fashion Health Service 40 min: ฿1,280 and ฿1,480
• Nuru Lotion Service (no duration listed): ฿1,780
• S3-P Fashion Health Service 80 min: ฿1,880 and ฿2,180
• Skin Scrub & Salt Massage with Nuru, Prostate Massage 70 min: ฿1,980
• Lotion Full Service (no duration listed): ฿2,000, ฿2,200, ฿2,300 and ฿2,600
• Nuru two therapists Lotion Service (no duration listed): ฿2,480
• A2-P Lotion Full Service 70 min: ฿3,780

Several items appear at two or more prices, and the card doesn't explain why, so ask what separates them. The course codes aren't decoded either. One reviewer says a course they understood to cost ฿1,750 came to ฿2,600 at payment, and another warns about being steered to a pricier V.I.P room. Agree the code, the room and the total before you sit down. At the low end, Akane fits the cheap list.

The website says the old landline, 02-662-0366, has been out of service since February 2026. Use 080-045-0991 or LINE instead, and reserve ahead if you want a V.I.P room.

The address is 12, 35 Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana. BTS Phrom Phong is 520 m away, about eight minutes on foot. MRT Sukhumvit is around 13 minutes and BTS Asok 14. It closes at midnight. The Phrom Phong district page lists the alternatives nearby.

Japanese visitors who want a menu in familiar terms, and anyone who wants an hour for under ฿1,000. Regulars who know the codes. It suits less well a first-timer who wants a wide choice on arrival; several reviewers found the lineup thin. The Phrom Phong volume has busier doors a short walk away.

Akane Massage holds a 3.8 Google rating from 73 reviews, and the trend in them is downward.

The positive reviews are short: good massage, good service, recommended, and one four-star note praising its value for money. A three-star reviewer calls the place very clean and welcoming.

The critical ones share a theme. Several reviewers, most of them recent, say the choice of therapists was limited, one so much so that they couldn't pick anyone and left. Several also say Akane has lost its former standing, calling it mechanical or expensive now. On price, one reviewer says the total rose from ฿1,750 to ฿2,600 at payment, and another describes pressure towards the V.I.P room. Confirm the full price before you agree to a course.