Hostess clubs are really suffering in the new normal that is living with the coronavirus.
People are understandably wary of spending prolonged periods inside small bars and clubs running up a hefty drinks tab -- even when the company of beautiful women is included. Given the proximity required for the experience, face masks -- even ones specifically designed for hostesses -- are not likely to reassure moneyed clients.
Host clubs have particularly faced media scrutiny as the cause of several coronavirus infection clusters, though are now working with the Shinjuku government to increase ...
While we tend to concern ourselves chiefly on these digital pages with the goings-on of the Japanese female, we are not blind to the charms and amusements of her male counterpart.
Indeed, we take delight in a real gem like this.
Recently discovered and shared in a series of photos on Twitter by Joshua Hunt, the now-defunct street fashion magazine Relax did a spread on "men who love their underwear" inside an issue in 1997.
The article title translates roughly as: "Street Corner Underwear Attack in Harajuku: Guys So Proud of Their Underwear That They Can Show People."
Ah, the cheeky 1990s. ...
Rainy season has officially begun in Tokyo. Last year's season was protracted and desultory, stretching on until July. We hope that won't be the case this year, though the measures against the coronavirus will mean that many places are anyway closed and typical summer events won't happen.
When the rains started last week, they brought with them winds.
All this spelled trouble for commuters, struggling to get to work against the elements. And for schoolgirls, it was especially difficult conditions to walk around in.
Even more so in if you have a voyeur on your trail. Schoolgirls must deal ...
Have you ever seen (or stayed at) a love hotel like this?
Though the cyberpunk (is that the right descriptor?) style is like something out of a Neo Tokyo landscape or cut from the same cloth as the Robot Restaurant in Kabukicho, it is actually a room in an Okayama hotel with a retro fairground and amusement park theme.
As fans know, the most outrageous and unusual love hotels are to be found not in cities but deep in the countryside.
Saying that, if you are into BDSM and dungeons, there is this love hotel in Asabu, Minato ward, that has been running for four decades.
The ...
In the latest of our reports on how the coronavirus is affecting the adult industry in Japan, we highlight love hotels, the temporary accommodation that exist for couples to have sex.
Love hotels are enjoying a supposed boom due to the pandemic and semi-lockdown measures imposed by the government.
An article we saw recently claims that the "pandemic sees thriving demand at suburban love hotels."
The basis for the claim is largely a single Japanese-language media article, itself based on a single interview via Twitter with an employee at a love hotel in Kanagawa, the prefecture immediately ...
Bloomberg has published an interesting in-depth article on hostess clubs in Japan during the coronavirus pandemic.
"Champagne, chandeliers and glitzy cocktail frocks are all part of the fantasy world conjured up by Japan's hostess clubs. The coronavirus has delivered an unwelcome dose of reality."
Since the outbreak, much of the media reporting and imagery promoted by politicians has unfairly blamed nightlife for spreading the virus, rather than the various other factors (also) responsible such as crowded commuter trains, offices, and regular izakaya and restaurants.
It is true, however, ...
The female body is a mysterious vessel, the female orgasm especially so.
Here are three ladies who should know what they are talking about: porn stars Jessica Kizaki, Airi Kijima, and Hinano Kamisaka.
In these video interviews, they describe what it is like when they orgasm. While we have seen them writhe with pleasure in countless adult videos, it is something else to hear them talk about the feeling and physical changes they undergo in detail.
This will surely come in handy for when you try to parse your female partner to see if your efforts are having any effect on her sexual ...
When it comes to gender, Japan does things differently. That guy may well be a girl, and that girl may well be a guy. Androgyny is a firmly established aspect of beauty and fashion. Indeterminate gender is sexy and alluring.
Deception, the other hand, is just plain annoying.
Cosplayer Rei Dunois is known for a penchant for Evangelion and MCU, and for incredible character transformations. He has built up a significant fanbase -- to the tune of over 60,000 followers on social media.
We write "he" because we now know the truth, though you would be forgiven for misunderstanding if you saw ...
If you've got it, flaunt it. The adage really is true when it comes to women who know they are hot and aren't shy to show us. And we thank the Shinto gods that there are plenty of such women in Asia.
This particular sexy lady was snapped out and about shopping in the city. She's every inch the metropolitan-chic woman: Starbucks drink in one hand as she makes a phone call with the other while walking through a store. And to top it off, she's wearing skintight leggings-style pants. And no panties.
Her camel toe is very, very visible, so much so that her admirer (well, voyeur) could get ...
Customer service in Japan is often praised and, on the whole, it does indeed deserve the renown.
But can you guess what those dedicated, keigo-spouting convenience store workers are getting up to behind the scenes when the customers aren't around?
Of course, they are having sex with each other.
A sex tape has leaked showing what seems to be a one young woman who works at a 7-Eleven, either a convenience store or logistics center, giving a blow job to a male partner in what is clearly at least her workplace.
In the 30-second video, which is filmed by the man on his phone, she's a bit ...
