Shibuya was an insane spectacle last night, with tens of thousands of revellers out for Halloween -- many of them wearing all variety of costume.
As expected, Halloween in Tokyo has less to do with Hallows' Eve than with cosplay for its own sake. And so you get almost every type of costume imaginable. Many are very sexy -- you can see A LOT of legs and some butts on display -- and others are very funny and satirical.
While we had expected to see full Tenga Onacup suits around, our prize for best adult toy-themed costume is the Tenga helmet that these guys were wearing in Center ...
Probably few things have caught on in Japan as quickly and astonishingly as Halloween.
A few years ago, there might have been a few Halloween parties here and there, and so overly enthusiastic gaijin walking the streets in bad zombie costumes.
But now Shibuya and Roppongi -- in particular -- literally explode into an orgy of cosplay, much of it not technically connected to Halloween but to any fairytale, video game, or meme that is currently trending.
Halloween cosplay is especially popular with young female Japanese. It's perfect timing in terms of the climate. The autumn chill ...
There are five open secrets about the Japanese entertainment industry: the Yakuza are heavily involved; pedophilia and child abuse exists at Johnny's; Gravure and music idols have to have sex to advance; idols have plastic surgery; and drugs are rampant.
Ironically, it's the latter that is the most controversial -- and carries the harshest penalties if exposed.
Ai Takabe has become the latest minor celebrity to face a drug scandal. The 27-year-old has been been busted with possessing cocaine that police found during a search (quite why they were conducting a search in the first place is ...
While this is a creepy, you've got to hand it to the man for dedication.
A 51-year-old man has been arrested for indecent assault on a female neighbor, who he attacked by digging a hole down into her apartment from his home above.
The man was obsessed with the woman, aged 39, was injured in the attack, which happened at 12:30 a.m. on October 27th.
Masahito Sato had moved in order to be near the woman. He cut a hole large enough to pass through and then dropped down into her bathroom, armed with a stun gun and handcuffs.
The trespasser knew the woman from a local restaurant ...
What isn't there to love about Nanao? The feisty model and actress has shown us how hot her legs are.
Now she shows us her naked body -- well, her naked back at any rate.
In the TV drama series "Siren" there are two gratuitous scenes where Nanao is in the shower and in a changing room.
In the former she shows off her wet legs and back, while in the latter she poses in sexy red lingerie (notice the pierced belly button).
Of course, mainstream TV in Japan is famously prudish and this is about as sexy as things get. But ...
Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, the UN’s special rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, has been in Japan for a week-long visit.
At the end of it she praised Japan for tightening up the law and banning possession of child pornography in June last year.
But she said Japan must do more and ban all "sexually abusive images" of children in manga.
“When it comes to particular, extreme child pornographic content, manga should be banned,” she said.
Japan's new laws have some loopholes, such as images and videos where underage models are wearing ...
Remember the hot Peach John Sailor Moon lingerie? Originally modeled by AKB48's Haruna Kojima, it swiftly became a sell-out hit and attracted a lot of other slinky models.
Well, now Gravure model Shoko Hamada has got together with her friends like former AKB48 idol Risa Narita to start a new Gravure idol group called gra-DOLL.
And they celebrated with some very nice cosplay sessions with the newly re-released Peach John Sailor Moon ...
We've been holding back on this story to see how it developed. No fireworks yet, but it's still juicy.
Does women's used panties fetish go right to the heart of government in Japan?
A Cabinet minister stands accused by a tabloid magazine of stealing female panties.
The newly appointed Tsuyoshi Takagi is minister in charge of Tohoku reconstruction but weekly tabloid Shukan Shincho says he is a suspect in a very different kind of role: as the theive of a young woman's underwear.
According to Shukan Shincho, Takagi snuck into a house some 30 years ago win Tsuruga, Fukui ...
We've already seen how a Tenga onacup makes for an unusual but brilliant costume for a guy.
Put a cute Japanese porn star in one and it's even better. Here is Mana Sakura posing in a Tenga onacup costume for some snaps.
She apparently had a great time, judging from her face.
We've been searching around but cannot find a way to buy these costumes, though we think they would be great for Halloween.
As we know from her previous antics, Mana Sakura LOVES Tenga.
The popular porn princess was recently in a little hot water over a college event that had to be ...
From "bear honey" to green tea, there are a lot of novelty and parody lubes out there in Japan. Sometimes it's just the packaging that's innovative, like the luxury "wine bottle gel", but sometimes the inventiveness of the lube extends to the texture, odor, color, and taste too.
This is a great example and will definitely appeal to people who grew up playing Nintendo video games.
The RPG Video Game Magic Potion Lube is a computer game-inspired lubricant, based on those special items you can collect in a RPG to get extra powers and points.
The vial-style packaging is just perfect, ...
