We're suckers for combos. Put two things that we like together and we get a "double-like" feeling. And so it is with the lovely idol Erina Mano and Tenga. What more is there to say? We've once again trawled the archives a bit with this one, but a TV drama featuring Erina Mano also had her lying on a bed filled with Tenga onacups, which have seemingly been used. For good measure, she's also hugging a dutch wife (dakimakura, or hug pillow sex doll), though somewhat disturbingly it has a red mask on it (a traditional oni, or demon). Would that put you off? We're ...

Dutch wives -- a euphemism for sex dolls, especially ones which don't look like sex dolls -- are always evolving. From Taiwanese art projects to the masterpieces of foam that are the Dekunoboo, hug pillows come in all shapes and sizes. And some are barely disguised, while others are pretending to be more sophisticated. Take the Wata Danna and Wata Yome, two new cotton "partners" for lonely people who want a friend when none is around, or who want to turn their home into a soine sleep-together cafe. These "cotton husband" and "cotton wife" products are ...

Given their names in Japan -- "Dutch wife" -- you would be forgiven for thinking that Japanese sex dolls come from Holland, or that the Japanese, with their usual filter on history, believe that they do. As we've blogged about before, there is more than enough love dolls and sex doll history to demonstrate that they are certainly NOT an imported idea. Whether it's Edo era bamboo "husbands" or the contemporary silicone companions, the Japanese have long known what a sex doll is, even without using the word. The nickname dattchi waifu for love dolls, actually going a big out of ...