At Tokyo Kinky, we hope we don't moralize. We like to stay as open as possible, even -- and perhaps especially -- when the tastes do not match our own. And given the kind of content we share, we are hardly qualified to get on a high horse and start preaching to the masses. As such, it is with a touch of bemusement that we are watching a dispute unfold, first on Twitter and now in the mainstream media. An article titled "I am not alone -- we are all alone: Using masturbation as an ethnographic method in research on shota subculture in Japan" appeared in the respected academic journal ...

What's the good of being an illustrator if you can't put your skills to real use? That seems to be the thinking behind a new illustration reference book, ...

We don't talk about boys' love or male-on-male themes enough on this blog, so we were pleased to stumble upon this development. The boys' love illustrator Ebimo has created a new 112-page gay drawing manual, the "BL Poses Stretch Book". It's a bit like a working version of the "48 Ways" (shijuuhatte), which is the de facto Japanese Kama Sutra, so you really get the most out of your relationship as well as illustration skills. The poses -- from tender kissing to hugging and all manner of sex positions -- are included as a guide to all the various ...