Forget Toyota and Sony, the real beneficiaries of Abenomics and the boost to the economy Japan is receiving (at least in spirit) is Yoshiwara, the old red light district near the Tokyo Sky Tree and still active centuries after it first became a licensed sex area.
Of course, these days prostitution is officially outlawed (thanks to the US occupation for that) but the true Yoshiwara experience can still be enjoyed in the soaplands, where you get a bubbly rub-down followed by other kinds of services.
The increase in tourists to the nearby Sky Tree is having a knock-on effect on the ...
Photographer Yuji Susaki has got together with Akihabara idol unit Dempagumi.inc to create a photo book with 100 cosplay models.
The "Dempa Models x 100 Cosplay" collection goes on sale August 8th.
We only just blogged about another Susaki cosplay photography project and it seems he is very much in the news these days.
The Dempagumi.inc girls (who include Moga Mogami and Nemu Yumemi) are featured in student uniforms, nurse uniforms and more. The publishers hope to sell 5,000 copies in the first run.
While Dempagumi.inc may not have the profile of the ubiquitous AKB48, it has ...
Fancying copping a handful of nice Japanese breasts? (Not all the girls are flat-chested, you know!)
Then get on down to Paradise TV in Shinjuku in August for Erotica Will Save the World 2013, part of the 24-hour adult telethon organized by adult satellite channel SKY PerfecTV!.
Not only will six buxom ladies be letting guys fondle their breasts, it's also in aid of charity!
This is the eleventh time the event has been held, which raises money and awareness for AIDS.
There are no details but we presume would-be gropers have to make a donation -- perhaps per breast or fondle? ...
Perfect for summer. If you own a pair of wheels, you know how driving it can build up a layer of dust and dirty, especially in a big city like Tokyo. Well, now you can get it clean and get your rocks off at the same time.
Take it to Akihabara, where hot girls in swimsuits are offering car-washing services from July 25th to August 30th.
The Sukuminsensha features a soapy spongig down, a high-pressure rinse, a tire wax and more, all done for you by lovely young ladies in swimsuits -- and for the modest price of 10,000 yen.
You are even allowed to stay in the car and catch the girls ...
We loved the first Super Sonico doll so much.
The Nitroplus character has been around since 2007 and you can find her getting into all kinds of sexy poses in a range of goodies, including curtains for the otaku fans who wants to decorate their rooms.
Needless to say, we were delighted when our intrepid reported spotted a new model in Akihabara, a sample before the actual product goes on sale later in the year.
The Super Sonico 2 is the hug pillow cover for the guy who loves anime girls with asses. Sure the breasts and big eyes are there. That's standard. But now there is a rump ...
We love Tsubomi.
The cute JAV star, recently pregnant, has won legions of fans in Japan and rightfully so.
A documentary on the new Vice Japan channel looks at Tsubomi. It's in Japanese only but turn on the closed captions for English subtitles.
A highlight is at the start when she says she thinks Japanese people are more secretive when it comes to sex.
It doesn't go into any context or explore anything properly, just following Tsubomi around Akihabara as she looks at costumes and meets a few fans. There are some short clips from movie shoots.
There is quite a funny ...
Next month if you are in Tokyo you should check out this awesome collection of cosplay images by photographer Yuji Susaki.
The sexy and sensual images showcase Susaki's fifteen years of work investigating the curious mixture of the erotic and the dress-up that is cosplay.
“COSPLAY made in Japan” is showing at Emon Photo Gallery August 24 to September 14, 2013.
And if you think you recognize some of the sexy ladies in the pictures, you're not imagining things. Susaki uses idols and models rather than "amateur" cosplayers, including Mizuho Hata, Ai Amano, Chiaki Kyan, ...
For guys who use their phones a lot and need a way to save battery power -- and who like to look up girl's skirts -- this is the app for you.
The Skirt-Rolling-Up, Battery-Extending Magic Girl Sakura Android app uses the powers of a cute moe girl's panties to clear your phone memory, save power and uninstall other apps that hog memory.
Use your finger to "flip" the girl's skirt and show her panties. This is how the app is then activated to improve your battery space. Be sure to pull her skirt back down, though, or it doesn't work. In this way you can wipe a few megabits of ...
What did we tell you recently about larger ladies being better experiences? There's even a special masturbator for just that sensation!
Clearly we are not alone in these opinions, since news reaches us that Japanese police have broken up a delivery health service (a euphemism for call girl service) which specializes in women weighing up to 150kg!
The leader has been arrested -- we guess, then, she wasn't kicking up to the right Yakuza to win police protection -- though intriguingly it was a woman. Keiko Saito (41) was running Makkusu Bodi (Max Body) expressly for men who like ...
The Japanese geinokai (entertainment industry) has several open secrets: that idols have to sleep with their handlers in order to get ahead, as revealed by former stars; that drugs are rampant; and that plastic surgery is also common.
It's rare for a model to break the conspiracy of silence about any of these. When Miss Japan model Biwon admitted that she had had some work done, there was much shock over the revelations.
Plastic surgery is notoriously widespread in Korea but, despite Japanese people's admiration for Korean women's beauty, the "fake" aspect of this is used to denigrate ...
