The adult industry in Japan is giddy right now about the possibilities for virtual reality.
We have already seen lots of events and ideas emerge, though no major releases yet.
The potential for sex toys and dolls combined with virtual reality headsets is obvious and not actually so new.
But what about smell fetish? As we know, this is huge in Japan, from smell bottles to used panties and more.
Well, this side of the industry is not getting ignored by the adult VR boom. A tech startup called VAQSO is currently developing an adult virtual reality system that uses an accessory device ...
We all love interacting with our favorite idols on social media. Following their feeds is a way to feel closer to their lives; it tricks us into thinking that we actually "know" them or could actually meet them one day.
After all, the whole original selling point of AKB48 -- other than the vast number of idols in the various levels of the group -- was that these were idols you could meet at "handshaking events" and vote for by at "elections".
And so we get to see the drinks idols ordered at a cafe, or their latest meal or lovely view they are enjoying somewhere.
The selfie has become ...
We spotted this nice article over on Global Voices about the "strangest" love hotel names in Japan.
It compiles the results of a survey ranking the most unusual names for love hotels.
As we know there are some strange-looking love hotels (both inside, with themed rooms, and outside, with gaudy castle exteriors), especially in the countryside.
But now we know the strangest name. And it's Banana & Donut. Indeed, this is not a diner or cafe, but a love hotel in Saga Prefecture, southern Japan.
Like similar establishments outside of Japan's big cities, Banana & Donut is located ...
Here's something that may restore your faith in Japanese TV.
Tokumei Kakaricho Tadano Hitoshi is a TV series based on the manga by Kimio Yanagisawa. It has already been adapted into a TV drama once before but now a new version is streaming on AbemaTV, an online streaming channel. It is the channel's first original series.
Japanese TV is famously weird, but in terms of nudity is pretty modest and prim. But satellite TV and online TV is not so restricted and can show nudity and sex scenes, not to mention strange shows where porn stars jerk off men on camera or telethons where men line up ...
Arashi's Jun Matsumoto has been dating the actress Mao Inoue, if the rumors are to be believed, but their agencies prevent the stars -- who are not getting any younger and perhaps about to pass their peak -- from making their relationship public, yet alone marrying.
So what to make of these latest tabloid allegations? Matsumoto is now apparently cheating on Mao with another woman. And she's a porn star.
Yes, it seems that being a member of Arashi is a ticket to date and (supposedly) live with a popular actress while also having fun with a member of the adult industry.
At the end of ...
Japanese condom advertising is often much more inventive than regular commercials, which typically rely on using ubiquitous celebrities rather than any imagination.
Contraception, on the other hand, employs everything from dinosaur sex to horror movies.
We stumbled upon this Durex condom commercial, which is actually from May 2015. Some people online were saying it was themed around the Kama Sutra (with some added wrestling spice) and had been "banned".
It's pretty awesome.
First off, it's not "banned" but available for all the world to see. The official Durex upload on ...
There's a fine line between discreet and deceptive, and the new Tenga Iroha vibrator treads it very well: the Tenga Iroha Stick Lipstick Vibrator is as awesome as it sounds, though it's no mere visual gimmick.
Sure, it looks just like a stick of lipstick but this is not simply a novelty adult toy. Lord knows we have enough of those.
The choice of design works really well, too, because you can adjust the intensity of the buzzing by turning the base and then the "lipstick" tip gets going. Its contours and ridges can give you or your partner all manner of delicate attention that regular ...
Once again we have an alarming announcement from Japan's health ministry that the number of syphilis patients in Japan has gone up.
This has become a regular news item of late, prompting the ministry to launch a special team to investigate ways to combat the spread of sexually transmitted infections and diseases.
Hospital data from across Japan reports that the number of syphilis patients totaled 4,259 in early December, which is an big increase of 77% from 2,412 in the corresponding period in 2015, and more than seven-fold from a decade ago.
It seems that current efforts to ...
Asian men don't get a good deal in Hollywood. When was the last time that you saw an Asian leading man in a Western movie treated as a sex symbol in the same way as a white actor?
Leela Rose set out to challenge this.
We sympathise. Many foreign female residents in Japan face problems: sexism and harassment by both Japanese and foreigners as well as romantic issues (foreigners may not be interested because there are so many Japanese ladies to pursue while local men may be too intimidated by a confident Westerner).
She did it by going around Roppongi and essentially forcing ...
Is Shoko Takahashi/Takasaki the perfect soapland sex worker?
She certainly looks and acts the part in her latest AV release from Moodyz, aptly titled "Gravure Soap". The former gravure idol with the mega bust, whose switch to a career in porn last year was one of the highlights of the calendar, demonstrates how an awesome soapland experience should look. We have to use our fertile imaginations for how it feels, though.
After all, she certainly has the breasts for paizuri and a curvy body that is ideal for rubbing herself all over a very lucky, prone male ...
