Finally do we have proof that plastic surgery has gone too far in Korea?
Right now the Japanese internet is enjoying just such a gloat as they peruse the entries for Miss Korea.
Why? Because the ladies look so similar it is virtually impossible to tell them apart unless you look at the Hangul names.
It's no secret that plastic surgery is rampant in Korea -- as opposed to Japan, where it is common in the celebrity world but kept an open secret -- but does this mean that everyone starts to look the same, with the same kind of generic beauty?
The girls look lovely but ...
We've long been a fan of Korean actress Bae Doo-na.
The cutie (33) has been on our screen for years already, including in a couple of Japanese films as well as several major Korean hits.
She is not afraid to strip off either, having shed her clothes for Plum Blossom and Sympathy For Mr Vengeance in some quite explicit sex scenes.
One of her Japanese roles was as a blow-up sex doll, for which she was frequently nude.
Now she is working in America too, with a role as a sexy android in Cloud Atlas, which is adapted from the sprawling novel by ...
With fame and sudden popularity comes unwanted side-effects.
Curvy over-thirty sexpot Mitsu Dan is not afraid of stripping off and revealing all, but she has acquired some undesirable fans among her legions of admirers.
After her home was shown on a TV program, she has had men apparently hanging around in her neighborhood.
Most celebrities and idols move to luxury condos when they hit the big time, but Dan (32) has continued to live in her modest apartment since her break happened almost over night and she hasn't had time to catch up with her new-found lifestyle.
She ...
The old favorites are the best.
We are pleased to welcome actress Saki Takaoka back to the big screen.
Now 40 years old and still a stunner, Takaoka will be performing her first nude scene in 17 years in a new film, Monster, to be released in Japan on April 27.
She is well known for her nude scenes in films in the 1990s (like Crest of Betrayal in 1994 -- see the first pic below) and the "hair nude" (full-frontal nude) photo book one, two, three she released in 1995 in her heyday. (Such celebrity "hair nude" photo books were really popular in the mid-1990s.)
She stopped performing ...
Former sweet and innocent Gravure idol Risa (aka Lisa) Goto has graduated to the big time at last.
After a career that began with drink commercials when still a teenager, Risa has since then had an up-and-down professional life, with bits of acting and prematurely retiring at least once.
So far that most spectacular thing was the "hair nude" shoot she did in 2012. This alone raised many an eyebrow for the former cute girl-next-door idol's fans (and no doubt raised a few other body parts as well). We love the mole on her body, just above her bush.
Now she's thrown in her towel on the ...
Another day, another celebrity lady bites the dust.
Despite having split up with her boyfriend in January, popular fashion model Maki Nishiyama has announced that she is five months pregnant.
After a few days of will-they-won't-they, she and her actor ex-boyfriend Taichi Saotome have not only got back together, but are getting married.
Perhaps she announced the pregnancy to put pressure on him to do the honorable thing?
Still, this is another case of dekikkon, proving that even famous girls are not the kind to say no to a man who doesn't like to use condoms -- and unfortunately has ...
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 ...
