In times of crisis like the current pandemic, thank goodness for the generous genius that is Toy's Heart.
The long-running Japanese adult toy brand has been a part of our lives for what seems like an eternity. Back when we first started getting interested in sex toys in Japan and trying out the early Tenga releases, we found Toy's Heart and quickly realized that this is a brand with something special.
Its signature anime/manga-style character packaging has been replicated and extended by the good folks at Tama Toys, but there will always be a special place in our, well, hearts for Toy's ...
With the coronavirus pandemic still raging all over the world, many people are stuck at home. If they are stuck there with a partner, the chances are they are passing the time by getting intimate together. There's nothing quite like sex to take one's mind off a crisis. Failing that, there's always masturbation, so we are sure that traffic for porn sites is going through the roof right now.
Things in Japan just got more serious, with the declaration last night of a state of emergency, although the current number of infections are still much lower than other major industrialized nations.
How ...
Now available on Amazon Prime in Japan, No Longer Human was released in 2019 and stars Shun Oguri.
The R15-rated film is ostensibly not based on the eponymous novel by Osamu Dazai but on his actual life, particularly his lovers, though the originally novel is also autobiographical.
Fumi Nikaido plays the protagonist's latest lover, a young war widow called Tomie Yamazaki. She has a sex scene where she shows off her breasts, which Dazai ravenously licks and kisses. This follows Nikaido's recent appearance in River's Edge and its nude scenes.
Dazai would eventually drown himself ...
Manatsu Akimoto of Nogizaka46 has released a brand new photo book. Released this week, it shows off more of her body than fans (and perhaps even the creators) might expect -- namely, that she is fully shaved downstairs.
The 26-year-old is pulling down her panties just enough, if you zoom in, to show that she is almost certainly paipan between her lovely legs.
She also looks great prancing around a summery house in what seems to be just a long white shirt, or with her naked body wrapped up in a sheet in the garden.
Akimoto's second solo photo book, "I Want to be Happy" (Shiawase in shitai), ...
We spotted these photos on Twitter of a derelict former love hotel in the city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan.
The hotel Nokyo (or Noukyou, のうきょう), whose name literally means "agricultural cooperative," had a brilliantly original farming theme.
When all its rooms were full, it would apparently display "Great Harvest" but "Crop Failure" when there were still rooms available. Of course, if you weren't planning on impregnating your partner during your visit, you might be put off by these names.
There were also vegetables in the refrigerators in each room.
Nokyo ...
If you're looking for some decent distraction during these long days of COVID-19 self-isolation, we recommend, of course, pornography -- especially of the Japanese variety. And particularly of the more unusual Japanese fetish type. Or the wealth of parody adult videos that exist.
Our eye was recently taken by this striking lampoon of the popular Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime and manga, which is one of the mega hits of the late 2010s.
Produced by TMA for the CosCraft label, this parody porn (55csct002) starring Mitsuki Nagisa is set, like the million-selling original, in a prewar, ...
One of our favorite gravure idols, Yuka Someya, recently appeared in a stunning photo shoot that further cements her comeback on the scene ongoing since last year.
Since she has already done nude shoots -- albeit not actually showing pubic hair to qualify fully as "hair nude" -- what more can Yuka show us? Well, she can tease us, it seems, and do this very well.
For a shoot that ran in the weekly magazine Flash in the February 25th issue (sorry, folks, we're late with this one!), the busty 28-year-old was cast as a sexy housewife and covered her naked body in dripping chocolate.
Now that's ...
We recently saw a list of prefectures where the most beautiful women in Japan live.
How accurate is it? And what's the reasoning behind the choices?
The list originated in a survey put out by ranking site Goo asking people to submit suggestions for the prefecture in Japan where the local ladies are the prettiest.
The results are not simply the places where the population is the highest.
The survey only collected 500 responses, so it can hardly be called comprehensive, but does offer a glimpse into the reputation of certain prefectures.
8. Hyogo (tie)
8. Osaka (tie)
7. Kyoto
6. ...
Ayaka Miyoshi is one of the most beautiful models and celebrities in Japan.
And Japanese television viewers recently had their minds taken off the coronavirus anxieties by seeing what Ayaka Miyoshi looks like when she takes a bath.
Admittedly the 23-year-old cutie was wrapped in a tight towel, as is customary when people demonstrate public baths or hot springs on television, but it was still a sight for sore eyes.
Even better, the sauna water being particularly hot, Ayaka Miyoshi had to get out quickly -- and netizens have been subsequently parsing the footage for the slightly glimpse of a ...
Japanese actress and singer Erika Sawajiri was in the news recently after her drug bust in late 2019, the latest in a long line of scandals and ups and downs for the celebrity.
The 33-year-old has officially retired from the industry after receiving a suspended sentence in February and we doubt we will be seeing her back any time soon, so taboo are drugs in Japan in spite of their prevalence in the entertainment world. At the time, Sawajiri was about to star in the annual Taiga drama on NHK, which would have been her biggest mainstream success since her comeback.
Another intriguing ...
