A chair type massage machine is provided that is capable of providing an enhanced relaxing effect as compared with that of the related art. The chair type massage machine includes: a seat portion 1 on which a user can sit a backrest portion 2 which is capable of being reclined about a back portion side of the seat portion 1 as a reclining center A1 and a rocking mechanism portion 15 for swinging the backrest portion 2 in a reclining state in the front-back direction along with the seat portion 1 while taking a position, which is different from the reclining center A1 in the vertical direction, as a rocking center A2.
