Torture Garden Japan is back this summer for another bonanza of BDSM wonder.
The premier mainstream event for bondage fans in Japan, it's also the only officially licensed offshoot of London’s original Torture Garden, the world's leading fetish club. It has been happening in Tokyo since 2001 and often holds events more than once a year, though the summer one is the highlight of the calendar. We blogged about the 2016 summer ball.
Tickets to the event on June 10th at XEX Nihonbashi cost ¥6,000 and doors open at 10pm.
Performers included Miss Miranda from the United States, ...
It's a crowded music industry, so what can you do to stand out from the rest?
Well, the answer in Japan would seem to be: use female pubic hair to produce new sounds. No, this not appear to be a spoof and it's far too late for April Fools' Day.
Taku Takahashi is a musician and DJ with the unit hip hop m-flo, which has experimented with finding new sounds. Takahashi's latest electronic triumph is In Motion.
Here's how he describes it:
An unprecedented musical project, Public Hair Grooving broadcasts a new wave of groove into the world with groomed pubic hair. Taku Takahashi from ...
We previously wrote about schoolgirl-themed VR Kanojo ("virtual reality girlfriend") as one of the most impressive and realistic examples of adult virtual reality to have emerged in Japan.
We then got excited in January about VAQSO, a startup that was developing a virtual reality system that combined sight with smell. The headset pumps out a variety of scents in response to the game you play. The potential for adult games and experiences are obvious.
Well, we are very happy to report that the two developments have joined forces. The VR Kanojo game can now be played with the VAQSO ...
We've been following the "World of Thighs" series of photography exhibitions by Yuria ever since it started in 2015 and just got bigger and bigger with each new iteration.
Focused just on the glorious wonder of slender Japanese girls' thighs and legs, previous versions of the smash-hit show (known as "Futomomo-ten" in Japanese) include a hot spring theme.
As we once noted, this is basically zettai ryouiki (forbidden zone) fetish with some artistic trappings. One version of the show in Golden Week 2016 was attended by some 16,000 people.
There is now a new ...
Have you ever hugged a furry animal toy a little too tightly when you're lonely?
As almost anyone with an interest in the types of things this blog tackles will know, Japanese anime and manga and dojinshi are full of catgirls and other kemonomimi (animal ears) fetish characters.
So one visionary Japanese adult toy maker (actually, one we hadn't heard of before called YOS) has stepped in to plug a seriously wanting hole in the market for zoophilia-tinted fantasies. As far as we are aware, this is the first toy of its kind: behold the Kemono Hime Animal Princess Sex Doll.
There are ...
If last week's Newhalf Otoko no Ko Anal Penetration and Penis Combo Masturbator wasn't enough for you, or the Ryosei Guyu Onapet Futanari Onahole or even the amazing Futanari Sex Doll... then get ready for this.
Newhalf AV star Serina Tachibana now has her own sex doll and masturbator toy -- and it's a tribute to her gorgeous breasts and stunning erect cock.
The toy makers, KMP, use "otoko no ko" in the original product name but Serina Tachibana is technically a newhalf (shemale), since she has breasts (i.e., she's not "just" a crossdresser). And what breasts they are.
You ...
Riding the crest of the otoko no ko boom in Japan right now is this new arrival into the vast cavern of Japan's erotic delights.
The Newhalf Otoko no Ko Anal Penetration and Penis Combo Masturbator is as unusual as it sounds: a slender, erect cock on one end that you can stroke and buttocks and an anal hole on the end that you can penetrate.
This is not the first newhalf or otoko no ko masturbator we have seen, of course. Others include various shotacon toys like the Shota Vibrator or the Boku da yo Otoko no ko Onahole.
There are also a few futanari-style shemale sex toys and ...
Sometimes we see an adult product that seems almost too good to be true... if you are into that kind of thing.
The 3D-scanned hand of a top Japanese porn star? Yes, those exist. A stocking for your penis? You're covered (excuse the pun).
And lubricant in the style of a Japanese girl's breast milk? Of course it exists!
The Young Japanese Mother Lactating Kaori's Breast Milk Lubricant comes in a package that any new mother or father here will recognise instantly as the standard pack in which breast milk is stored (and then frozen).
It is labelled (in Japanese) with the ...
Back in November last year, we wrote with some excitement about the awesome Play Pan Pan game. This panchira-themed game seemed almost too good to be true. In fact, we initially assumed it was a kind of parody. After all, this is a game about saving the world from evil panties.
Far from it, we are very pleased to see that it's proved something of a viral hit and there are new trailers with voices below. The audio seems to be just Japanese (but this actually adds to the effect) but there are English subtitles.
We think the previous version was a demo and there is now a full ...
The adult industry in Japan is giddy right now about the possibilities for virtual reality.
We have already seen lots of events and ideas emerge, though no major releases yet.
The potential for sex toys and dolls combined with virtual reality headsets is obvious and not actually so new.
But what about smell fetish? As we know, this is huge in Japan, from smell bottles to used panties and more.
Well, this side of the industry is not getting ignored by the adult VR boom. A tech startup called VAQSO is currently developing an adult virtual reality system that uses an accessory device ...
