It's not often we like to use the term "only in Japan" but sometimes it's just about right.
Though it's defunct, at the height of the love doll boom in 2004-2005 (at least, boom in its recognition in popular culture), when TV shows were finally taking an interest in the amazingly ultra-realistic silicone brides of Orient Industry, and there were even doll rental services -- then in your book store you may have been lucky enough to get a copy of the glossy magazine i-doloid.
Made by Core Magazines, who specialize in adult or underground mags, sadly it's now no longer in print, it ...
It might be summer but it's still the season for April Fool's, especially when it involves two things the Japanese really love: technology and porn!
An enterprising CEO of aptly named design firm "Life is Good" decided to play a joke on his employees, where he rigged their computers to play JAV porn from a Japanese streaming site as soon as their machine booted up.
You can check out the amused but panicked reaction of one employee just arriving (all sweaty from the Japanese early summer heat) and signing on, and the giggling schadenfreude of the rest of the team as they wait for the ...
Masako Umemiya is an actress and model born in ...
What is it about them? Is it their skirts? Their coy -- but likely experienced -- looks? I don't know exactly but there's something about Japanese high school girls that gets every man randy!
You may often see them hanging around Shibuya temptingly by themselves waiting to be picked up for a "date" (the so-called enjo kosai compensated dating trend that seems hardly in the media these days).
Sometimes we've seen such high school girls out on dates with foreigners too, perhaps English teachers providing extracurricular support.
But you need to be careful. Even with Japan's ...
JAV porn star Saki Otsuka has turned photographer to make her own photography book, called, temptingly, "Mitsubai nude", to be released this month by ERECT magazine.
The magazine is an annual journal focussing on underground manga and subcultural figures, and this photography book is a kind of spin-off. The magazine itself is not pornographic but Saki has been a contributor before and, as the name ERECT perhaps hints, one of the backers is apparently a porn company.
"Mitsubai nude" (mitsubai means "bootleg") will feature Saki in a number of aquatic and sensual poses . It's being ...
It was the last time that Atsuko Maeda would be appearing -- though she wasn't actually "running" -- and inevitable the latest AKB48 "general election" has been an insane blitz of publicity, with massive ads on TV (in collaboration with Google+) and on major websites.
It was shown live on TV for several hours and streamed online too. However, given how anemic viewing figures for AKB48-starring dramas and movies have been, and, compared to the advertising and hype, how, despite being touted as "top-sellers", the music sales have also been relatively modest (compared to market leaders, say, ...
In an example of brilliantly timed PR, as the much-trumpeted AKB48 "general election" is having -- with Atsuko Maeda for the last time -- the women's fashion magazine Anan features a very sexy, semi-nude shoot with Yuko Oshima on its front cover this issue.
This got us thinking. Forget the gravure idol magazines and weekly mags like Playboy. The really sexy photo shoots with famous models are actually these mainstream women's fashion magazines!
Anan in particular has carved out a reputation for scoring deals with well-known stars to strip off in body-flaunting shoots.
Such ...
Recently, we were fortunate enough to be allowed to visit our friends Orient Industry in their factory and then their amazing showroom near Ueno in Tokyo.
Naturally, treating their products very seriously, Orient Industry are sensitive about the special creation process for the dolls, so we refrained from filming inside the factory itself, but all we can say is: Wow!
Rather than anything "kinky" or strange, the laidback and welcoming staff at Orient Industry seem more like master craftspeople in the tradition of Japanese monozukuri.
You can see the utmost care and precision with ...
Father's Day is coming up this month and what better way to make your Dad happy than with a top adult toy!
Okay, so perhaps not everyone has such a modern and intimate relationship with their pater familias. But don't worry, Father's Day is also for husbands, boyfriends and other male figures in your life!
Our friends over at KanojoToys have told us that they are even having a special Father's Day sale to celebrate.
You can use the code kanojopapa2012 to get 10% off your purchases up till June 17th.
So now there's no chance of using the "I didn't know what to get you" ...
We've been trying out some examples of the big trend in otaku onahole toys recently.
Meiki masturbators and clone onaholes based on top sexy JAV stars always guarantee to set your imagination on fire.
But sometimes you need something a bit different to get the juices literally flowing.
Me and Tadashi are not what you could call otaku, though we do like to watch anime and read manga on occasion. But Kazuki is a big geek and so he jumped at the chance to tell us about the joys of these new kinds of adult toys, based on the otaku subculture characters, real or otherwise.
Take the ...
