As discussed on this blog before, Japan's love hotels have increasingly become focused on amenities.
In spite of the western stereotype of love hotels as gawdy, crazy lairs of kinkiness, the actual number of themed chambers and unusual rooms is low -- and largely consigned to the countryside (notwithstanding the odd exception in Tokyo like this steampunk hotel).
Instead, the love hotels in the inner cities like Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe have to compete against each other in terms of value and facilities. And that comes down to more mundane yet important things like baths, food, wifi, ...
Now that's what we call tentacle sex.
Some people really go that extra mile for their cosplay. Here is one example that's going to be hard to beat for a while.
Cosplayer Namada spent half a day with photographer Kazan Yamamoto and the results are incredible, not least because Namada is beautiful and she was posing with a friend. That friend being a 18kg (nearly 40 lb) live octopus from Hokkaido.
Regular readers to this blog will immediately spot that this is a reference to Hokusai's The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife, perhaps the most famous example of shunga ...
Yet another article is claiming Japan is a sexless wasteland of virgins and singletons.
In this case, the bold claim is that "almost half of young men and women are virgins".
These articles are perennials, loved by editors and journalists -- but treated with some disdain by old hands. The other common trope is that is a kinky wonderland, full of very fetish and craziness imaginable. Perhaps the two myths are not as incompatible as they sound.
Personally, we sit on the fence with this one.
A survey of Japanese people aged 18 to 34 found that almost 70% of unmarried men and ...
Virtual dating has long been a big part of the adult industry or quasi-adult industry in Japan.
What with all the reports of sexless Japan and "parasite singles" still living with their parents well into their thirties, you might almost be forgiven for thinking that "virtual boyfriends" apps and digital idols were responsible for the downfall of the nation.
There were more examples at Tokyo Game Show 2016 that will surely not do much for Japan's reputation in this regard.
The show featured an array of otome romance apps for ladies to find that Prince Charming in 2D form.
One ...
We continue our reports about Tokyo Game Show 2016.
We are a little late on these reports but we were too busy to post.
TGS always walks that fine line between the exciting big releases of the gaming industry and veering off into creepy (but to us, intriguing) world of virtual dating and sex.
Here is certainly one example.
Virtual reality was the big theme at the show, as expected, though it wasn't all mainstream uses of the technology. As we know, the adult implications for VR are huge and a major thing in the industry in Japan, too.
The developers M2 Co. Ltd have created ...
At Tokyo Game Show 2016, all the fuss was about virtual reality. Not being much of the gaming types, our interest in the latest consoles and systems was minimal -- unless it is virtual reality for adults.
As usual, our main attention was on the booth babes, known as "companions" in Japanese.
These ladies, one step away from race queens and ring girls, and two steps away from gravure idols, are anything but a virtual pleasure.
It's even better when they take their clothes off. And even, even better when it's the ladies themselves taking off each other's clothes.
And ...
The gentrification and renaissance of Yoshiwara, the former licensed red-light district (and today, an unlicensed red-light district), continues.
After a designer souvenir shop we saw earlier in the year now comes a new book shop, Kasutori Shobo. The store opened on September 3rd in the heart of Yoshiwara, selling books reprinting valuable resources and history about Yoshiwara and the adult side to the Showa era.
Alongside other publishers' titles, the shop also publishes its own books. The owner, Goh Watanabe, raised money via a crowdfunding service to do this, achieving his target in ...
This nude virgin office lady (OL) has taken to Twitter to show off her glorious slender body... She first slips off her towel and poses naked for us in her bathroom floor.
Her breasts are magnificent: small but just pert enough to suck and grab.
Perhaps the best, though, is when she shows us her body with a plunging v-line, her nipples barely covered by the straps.
And then she lies down and starts to feel herself up with her horny fingers... We love the contrast of her vibrant pink nail varnish and her pale skin.
See ...
Want to see what Kanna Hashimoto is like in bed? The sweeter-than-sweet is unlikely to be making her actual porn debut any time soon (though many of her music idol peers do have a habit of "graduating" into adult careers, so it's not completely off the books), but the next best thing is this Kanna Hashimoto lookalike porno.
Kanna, if you recall, burst into the mainstream in 2013 after capturing the hearts of Japan's netizens. Since then she has become a major force in the music idol industry and fronts big advertising campaigns.
This porn title stars Kaname Otori, who was born in ...
Back in August we reported on the return of the "Futomomo" photography exhibition series, featuring thigh fetish images by Yuria.
Themed exclusively around Japanese girls' thighs, after an exhibition in 2015 the new show in the series is now open in Shibuya. It has highlights from the successful "World of Thighs" exhibition also held in Shibuya in April and May 2016, which was visited by 15,000 people.
Visitors were allowed to take pictures (but not to touch -- that's something of a joke) and here are some of the results.
The entrance alone has to be seen to be believed. Inside, you ...
