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, ...
You see?! Japanese cross-dressing is so rampant that even mainstream corporations sing its praises in their marketing campaigns.
Showing how the otoko no ko "male daughter" subculture is something to admire rather than be repelled by, cosmetics maker Shiseido has released a video promoting the benefits of the brand's make-up.
In fact, Shiseido's cosmetics are so good, they can convince others that you are a different gender.
These "schoolgirls" are not what they seem.
They're guys!
This video of behind-the-scenes footage shows how they did it.
So if you have some ...
It's almost time for Halloween and the streets of Tokyo -- especially Shibuya -- are guaranteed to be packed with a zillion slinky girls donning slinky costumes (despite the rapidly dropping temperatures).
Well, if you want an original costume, we recommend you check out some of the Japanese outfits available for overseas delivery on Kanojo Toys.
Tenga onacup-inspired outfits are regularly spotted at cosplay and costume events.
Last year in Tokyo during Halloween, three guys were dressed up as Tenga onacups, while a guy in the States seemed ahead of the curve in 2009 with his ...
The start of the shunga exhibition in Tokyo, the first major public event of historical erotic prints, has, not surprisingly, tested the boundaries of what is legally permitted and what is "morally" acceptable.
While the September issue of venerable art magazine Bijutsu Techo featured shunga, as well as a dialogue between two women who really know about sex and censorship ("vagina artist" Rokudenashiko/Megumi Igarashi and former porn star turned manga-ka Nayuka Mine), not to mention some mildly sexy Edo-era-inspired photos of Mitsu Dan by Mika Ninagawa, it stopped short of printing the ...
Cross-dressing in Japan is different to cross-dressing in other countries.
The rise of the otoko no ko cross-dressing male cosplayer, who may or may not be attracted to other men, has created a great broadening of acceptance of dressing up and gender-bending.
Bibi Lab, who specialize in making some wacky clothes and other household items, are latching onto this boom with the Boku Sera ("I am Sailor") Male Sailor School Uniform.
It's not just a Japanese schoolgirl sailor costume -- but one for guys. It's make of fleece, so it's actually warm in the winter.
Plus it's designed to ...
Chara Tea may well be the strangest beverage you never drink -- because it seems to be a parody or extreme fantasy.
The Chara Tea Bishojo T-bag ("beautiful young girl tea bag") is meant to be a "product born out of the pure feeling of wanting to drink the juice of a beautiful young girl". Huh?
Even Tama Toys don't go this far!
It's being proposed by muku corporation, a Niigata-based whose regular wares seem much more mundane.
What is this "juice"? The Japanese is oshiru or otsuyu but the word usually carries only an innocent meaning related to food liquid. Of course, here it's ...
It seems whenever the western media wants something saucy, they make an article or video about Japanese hostesses.
Vice did a 24-hours-in-the-life-of video of a "high-class hostess" last year.
Now the BBC has jumped in with this interview with a Kabukicho hostess.
As a hostess at a club in Shinjuku Kabuki-cho, Emiri Aizawa, 27, pours drinks, lights cigarettes and listens to men.
"My main job is let them have fun," she says.
"Of course, there have been customers who asked for more, because we are men and women, but I politely say, 'No.' "I don't think you can do this job ...
