Never, never let it be said that pornography isn't cultural. Far from it. JAV is high art!
We've known this for years and now there can be no denying it with the Naked Sex Art Museum, which we have been "visiting" recently.
The Soft on Demand (SOD) title features Anri Suzuki, Ryo Akanishi, Satsuki Kirishima and Reira Serikawa in a series of scenes that recreate famous paintings... in the most artistic way possible.
The cover of course is Sandro Botticelli's Venus.
Another major obvious one is Manet's "The Luncheon on the Grass".
The original painting in itself ...
Any excuse to show some girls in skimpies.
Ravijour, the Japanese equivalent of Victoria's Secret (or Peach John) for gyaru, has launched a new range of sexy lingerie.
Basically we saw the photos, thought they were super hot -- and decided to blog about it just to indulge in the images!
The models include Elli Rose, Liv, Mai Miyagi and Azusa Koizumi.
Better than ...
On April 7th the Kanamara Matsuri was held in Kawasaki, near to Tokyo, and one of the most popular of Japan's phallic fertility festivals.
The highlight of the festival is the parade of the giant cock through the streets as it is processed between two shrines. This is stroked and touched by the crowds as it passes.
This year saw the largest number of visitors ever, around 50,000 people and ten times more than the crowds were ten years ago. It is said to be now the largest festival of its kind in Japan.
There were times when television channels would pixellate images of the ...
Toshiki Hanai, a twenty-eight-year-old assistant district court judge in Osaka, has perhaps not surprisingly lost his job.
When you get caught filming up a girl's skirt (panchira) on a train, you might reasonably expect there to be repercussions if you are supposed to be an upholder of the law!
That's what Hanai was apparently caught doing in August 2012.
Another male passenger spotted the nimble judge squatting down on the crowded commuter train during the morning rush hour, trying to get a good view with his smartphone of the heavenly world up a girl's skirt.
The valiant ...
A man has been arrested for running an online dating (deai-kei) scam that scammed 2,100 otaku out of 210 million yen over the years.
Deai-kei websites are common portals in Japan, usually a ruse for informal prostitution or enjo kosai. In this case, the owner tricked members into thinking they would be able to exchange emails with their favorite AKB48 idols and even go on dates with the girls.
The trial has begun of the 32-year-old man from Chiba who ran the site. He would have his part-time employees send mails to the otaku posing as celebrities and idols. After a time, these mails ...
Sad news, folks. Tarento Jun Natsukawa (32), who has been gracing our screens and fantasies for years, has announced she is five months pregnant.
Jun married a man one year younger than her on January 1st, 2011.
The former Gravure idol graduated to television tarento, though remains probably best known for lying about her age in her official profile (or at least, her agency did, in efforts to elongate her career, no doubt).
Since we are unlikely to be seeing it ever again, here's a tribute to her gorgeous ...
A nineteen-year old university student was in the college library when he got a message from his mother.
"Super Sonico hug pillow has just arrived" it read.
The student was obviously very ashamed claimed he wasn't sure if he should go home or rather fling himself into the nearest river.
Japan's embarrassed men buying ero manga or ero geemu (erotic games) are frequently defeated by the retailer's over-enthusiasm for nice packaging, resulting in attractive boxes decorated with images of the featured otaku idol and the like, and making any attempt at secrecy ...
Parks are not just for strolling around in.
Unlike other cities, Tokyo's parks are open all night. Photographer Kohei Yoshiyuki used to visit Chuo Park in the early Seventies and search for goings-on in the dark.
At the time, it was common for couples to go the park to have sex. But that alone wasn't what was interesting.
The couples weren't alone. People were watching.
In effect, the park was an open-air public happening bar.
After spending months entrenches with the voyeurs so that they would trust him as a "regular" in Chuo, Yoyogi and Aoyama parks, Yoshiyuki then ...
The upcoming AKB48 General Election is proving an odd event, with lots of surprising choices.
Tomomi Itano, who has announced her graduation from AKB48, is nonetheless appearing in the election. Two other members who are pursuing solo projects and are very likely to graduate soon -- e.g. Haruna Kojima, Minami Takahashi -- are also taking part.
On the other hand, Sayaka Akimoto has also announced her graduation from the group and that she won't be making a swan song entry in the election, depriving fans of the chance to vote for her one last time.
Some other members have said they ...
You may have heard a lot about instant messaging app LINE over the last two years. It is meant to be the most rapidly rising and exciting social service in Japan and other parts of Asia.
Well, it's not just about chatting and sharing cute virtual stickers. When you have 100 million users, you can guarantee that a certain proportion of them will be horny.
And when you get horny users, you get porn!
Some creative users have been creating conversations where the chat bubbles only just about preserve the modesty of sexy idols.
Okay, so here's the secret ...
