It's mid-September and still feels like mid-August in Tokyo. It is meant to cool down soon but this summer has been a little long, with the sticky temperatures dragging on into the supposed start of the autumn.
Usually, things stay pretty hot through September and even October, but the humidity leaves the stage. Not so much this year.
Personally, we don't mind it so much, but then we don't have to put on a salaryman suit and commute to the office each day on a crowded commuter train.
Occasionally, it feels like all the Japanese media does is talk about food or the weather. But with the hot ...
Many moons ago, we had the misfortune to live in a "gaijin house" -- one of those sordid guest houses that cater specifically to foreign residents of Tokyo. It wasn't as bad as some of the horror stories we have heard about such places, but the walls were decidedly thin.
One weekend morning, we woke to hear sounds from across the hall (through at least two doors/walls). Our young American neighbor was clearly balls deep in his Sunday breakfast. We could hear his partner (at least, the one he had snagged that week, since he always had several on the go) groaning how "kimochi ii" (good) it ...
Somewhat strangely and belatedly, this has become a controversial topic this month.
The popular porn star Eimi Fukada had to backtrack with an apology after she attracted opprobrium for asserting that men should pay for women on dates, since the latter investing a lot of time and money into preparing for the date.
And then former AKB48 idol Mai Oshima weighed in, saying during a livestream on her YouTube channel that she wouldn't go to a party or dinner where the guys weren't paying.
Japanese dating app Omiai conducted a poll in August 2022 of 217 men and 247 women -- all of whom have a ...
As reported recently on this blog, one of the unexpected outcomes of the coronavirus pandemic has been how the ubiquity of face masks has merged with an existing fetish for used underwear to beget a whole new brand of the adult market: used face masks.
However, though schoolgirls and housewives are apparently benefitting financially from the demand, some have warned that used face masks carry serious hygiene risks.
Japanese social media, especially Twitter, offers plenty of examples of used masks for sale, sometimes with "kiss marks." Posters tend to include photos of the stains from ...
It was surely inevitable.
We all know that used panties is an infamous and genuine fetish in Japan (and elsewhere, of course), whose needs are served by various products sold by major companies as well as individuals hoping to make a quick yen.
Face masks were already a big part of people's lives in Japan even pre-pandemic, especially during flu or pollen allergy seasons. But now they are almost part of our daily uniform and one that is unlikely to go away any time soon.
This has cultivated a new strain of fetish, it seems: used face masks, especially those worn by attractive women.
As ...
It's been another long year where we had to wear face masks a lot.
This isn't such a biggie here in Japan, where people often wear masks if they have a cold or during the annual hay fever seasons. What was common before just became ubiquitous.
One frustration about this, though, is that you can't admire the eye candy on the streets or at the store so much when a beautiful woman (or man) walks by. Sometimes you just want to reach out, pluck off that mask, and get a good look at the person in question.
On the other hand, masks have the side effect of accentuating parts of the face, ...
One of the great things about leading Japanese adult brand Toy's Heart is how it takes inspiration from recent social trends and buzzwords.
Two of its latest pocket pussy releases do just that, and do it with serious aplomb.
The Lolita G-Spot Mass Production Girl is based on the the idea of a ryosangata joshi. Don't worry if you weren't familiar with this Japanese phrase, we weren't either. It literally means a "mass production girl" and refers to the identical-looking young ladies who wear the same kinds of clothes and accessories. Such ryosangata joshi are often found in places like ...
Given the mosaic (pixelization) in Japanese porn and the extent of censorship in mainstream movies, it can be hard to forget about what you can't see: pubic hair.
But that is one of the things so shocking about "hair nude" full-frontal shoots, especially the older ones in the 1980s and 1990s: not only is the celebrity laid bare in all her feminine glory, you also see how hairy she is downstairs. (Case in point, the stunning, yet shaggy, Saki Takaoka.)
Japanese women are often fastidious about shaving, from their arms and legs to their armpits and faces. But by contrast, they have ...
What kind of female bust do you like? It's a question we often ponder in various ways for far too long each day.
Apparently, we're not alone and a lingerie company in Osaka even went so far as to do an online survey to find out the answer.
In mid-September, Maruko asked 800 people, even spread across their twenties, thirties, forties, and fifties, and half men and half women.
Despite what gravure idols and adult video might have you believe, it's not as simple as guys always want huge breasts (in fact, we're written before about how trends show that Japanese men like smaller breasts, ...
In a series of brief yet enlightening street interviews, actual Japanese girls reveal their answers to the personal questions we all want to ask.
How often do Japanese girls want to have sex?
What are the signs that a Japanese girl wants to have sex with you?
How much do you Japanese like having sex?
How many dates do Japanese girls want to go on before having sex?
How long do Japanese girls expect their male partners to last in bed?
And what do Japanese girls think about having sex for the first time with a partner?
So much for sexless Japanese!
The interviews were ...
