When it comes to gender, Japan does things differently. That guy may well be a girl, and that girl may well be a guy. Androgyny is a firmly established aspect of beauty and fashion. Indeterminate gender is sexy and alluring.
Deception, the other hand, is just plain annoying.
Cosplayer Rei Dunois is known for a penchant for Evangelion and MCU, and for incredible character transformations. He has built up a significant fanbase -- to the tune of over 60,000 followers on social media.
We write "he" because we now know the truth, though you would be forgiven for misunderstanding if you saw ...
For our final post of 2019, we won't do the usual round-up of the year but instead opt for something a bit more fun: sexy Santa cosplay.
Here is a selection of some of the best Mrs Claus cosplay (a genre known in Japanese as Santacos) by various idols and models, as featured in recent seasonally themed photo shoots or selfies.
First up, here is the gravure idol Tomi (or Toumi).
This is cosplayer and idol Amatsu-sama.
And here is Rina Hashimoto.
AKB48's Yuki Kashiwagi has chosen for the cute rather than sexy look, but that's still fine.
Race queen Yu Kikuchi (top) and model Chiyo ...
Japanese love hotels, as we know, come in all shapes and sizes, with every manner of themed room imaginable seemingly available somewhere, though the most adventurous examples tend to be found out in the countryside rather than central Tokyo.
They also increasingly offer a wide range of amenities, especially bathing and food items, though also karaoke, video game consoles, WiFi, and tanning beds -- and even Dance Dance Revolution.
Twitter user Zoe recently spotted an interesting service available at a love hotel in Uguisudani, the east Tokyo neighborhood with a particularly high ...
Christmas is a strange time in Japan: it is celebrated, secularly rather than religiously, and also not in the way you might think. People exchanging gifts? Yes, a bit. Special food? Yes, kind of. But the dishes are largely KFC and strawberry cake. Even the day itself is usually marked on Christmas Eve by couples as a romantic occasion (meaning Christmas is potentially less a time for families than for, well, making families!).
That aside, the recent craze for gathering in cosplay costumes on the streets of Shibuya at Halloween and New Year's Eve has also extended to the Christmas season, ...
This year's Halloween street party in Shibuya has proved controversial even before October 31st after a near-riot broke out. A car was overturned and five arrests made.
As we know, the Halloween costumes worn by young people in Shibuya and other areas of Tokyo often have little if nothing to do with the traditional Halloween theme. It's often just an excuse to wear funny or outrageous costumes before the winter sets in. Tenga costumes have been a common choice in previous years.
There's also a lot of flesh on display: demonstrating once again the resilience of the Japanese female to the ...
Our friends over at Kanojo Toys, the premier online destination for Japanese adult toys, are holding a sale for Halloween. You can get 10% off costumes and other toys until October 31st. Use the coupon code "halloween" to claim your discount.
Here are a few recommendations that we have picked from recent additions to the erotic costumes lineup that are great choices for Halloween.
Virgin Killer Sweater
When I-cup gravure idol Jun Amaki wore the Virgin Killer Sweater and posted the stunning results on Twitter and Instagram, the whole world went insane. And it's easy to see why ...
Combining bodybuilding and sports with gravure, "muscles idol" Reika Saiki is a femdom fetishist's dream come true.
It's not hard to imagine her appeal with harmony of cute face and muscular body. Imagine those thunder thighs and powerful arms pinning you down while she grinds you! She's not completely new to the scene, though. We already noted her brawny charms in 2016.
Now Reika Saiki has taken things to the next logical conclusion: by transforming into Street Fighter's Chun-Li.
She recently posed for some stunning shots that really show off her combat pose and chunky ...
The Virgin Killer Sweater was a huge viral success thanks to busty gravure Jun Amaki's heavenly decision to model it. The original costume sold out (thankfully, only for a short time) and even inspired its own spin-off onahole toy (not just once, but twice).
Now come the happy tidings that the outfit, which is basically a super skimpy sweater-style backless dress, is back in two new versions. Praise the eight million gods of Shinto, for this is a very fine update indeed -- and perfect as we head into spring and the weather warms up.
This is the next generation of virgin-slaying ...
Christmas is a time for gathering around the dinner table for nice food and drink. It's a time for exchanging of gifts. And it's a time for snuggling up in bed with someone or something to keep you warm.
Our friends at Kanojo Toys are offering Tokyo Kinky readers a special Christmas season discount, so we can get the toys we really want to get this year.
Use the coupon code christmas to claim 20% off any Japanese adult toy ordered from Kanojo Toys.
We trawled through the thousands of adult toys currently on offer to come up with a few highlights below.
Of course, Japanese adult ...
Halloween in Japan is much more than just trick or treating. It means dressing up skimpy costumes and cosplay outfits, and hanging out in places like Shibuya for hours on October 31st as well as the weekends leading up to Halloween.
The popularity of the movement has developed a lot in the past few years, with thousands now descending on Scramble Crossing every year.
This makes for a visual feast in terms of costumes, and the best ones often have little to do with a traditional Halloween as we know it in the United States, and more to do with Japanese pop culture, trends, in-jokes, and ...
