In all the recent fuse on this blog about gravure idols, photo books, and nude sex scenes on The Naked Director, it's been a while since we did a post like this. Please indulge us while we take a trip down amateurs' lane.
Couples in Japan visiting a love hotel for an intimate session may often pose for a nude selfie in front of a mirror to mark the occasion either before or after they get down to action.
Inevitably in such a day and age, these leak online and others get to view and enjoy the images.
For the ethically dubious purpose of edifying our readers, we have brought together a ...
Regular readers will know that, in between all the news and updates about gravure idols and Japanese porn, or trying out new Japanese adult toys, we love to explore aspects of Japanese adult culture like the history of sex and old love hotels.
Showa-era love hotels are truly the best if you want garish colors, kitsch, and cheap gimmicks (revolving beds and so on) instead of the more practical amenities and chic interiors that have become the mainstream today (as nice as those are).
We spotted this selection of fantastic love hotel images on Twitter. Unfortunately, they are not captioned ...
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese is a boys' love (yaoi) manga by Setona Mizushiro. A live-action film version was released in Japan in 2020.
It stars Tadayoshi Okura and Ryo Narita in the lead roles. It is directed by Isao Yukisada, who also made River's Edge, which had great nude sex scenes with Fumi Nikaido and Shiori Doi.
Naturally, given the subject matter, much of the film focuses on the gay relationship between the two men, but there is one nude sex scene with a female actor.
It's with Noriko Kijima, who is no stranger to filming nude scenes in several films. She shows off her ...
What's it like to own a love hotel in Japan?
It perhaps sounds on paper like a sleazy job, right? Or maybe one where you get to spy on all kinds of sexual antics.
The reality is, of course, most mundane (and discretion is the name of the game). In fact, running a love hotel is a tough, busy job because the emphasis is so much on amenities, convenience, and comfort -- and with a fast turnaround. Love hotels today offer a lot of extras, from video games and karaoke to meals.
This is revealed in another video by Abroad in Japan that we recently rediscovered. It's from summer 2019 -- ...
We recently showcased a podcast from Abroad in Japan about five ways to impress Japanese women.
It prompted us to revisit some of Abroad in Japan's other content and we found a gem that we had overlooked in October of last year.
The YouTuber took a visit to an abandoned love hotel -- a trope we have a fondness for, as regular readers will know.
The 4K, 20-minute video is pretty awesome, if a bit chilling. Despite countless guests and countless sessions of sex over the years, all that remains is dust and dirt (plus some graffiti-art and a message scrawled onto a bed).
There is a fair ...
We read a report in the UK's Guardian newspaper about the story of two gay men in Amagasaki, just west of Osaka, who were turned away from love hotels.
The male receptionist at one politely informed the couple that men were not allowed.
Not to be deterred from their tryst, the men tried another love hotel in the area, only to encounter an overtly homophobic attitude.
"Gay men don't use the facilities properly," they were told by the female receptionist without explanation.
The two men are in a civil partnership of the kind given de facto legal recognition by local governments in ...
Following Earthquake Bird and The Forest, the latest American movie set in Tokyo is the recently released Lost Girls and Love Hotels.
Here's the official blurb:
Margaret finds herself in the glittering labyrinth of Tokyo by night and as a respected English teacher of a Japanese flight attendant academy by day. With little life direction, She searches for meaning with fellow expat Ines in a Japanese dive bar, drinking to remember to forget and losing herself in love hotel encounters with men who satisfy a fleeting craving. When she crosses paths with Kazu, a dashing yakuza, she falls in love ...
If you have ever used a Japanese love hotel, you might have interacted with staff in the reception area. Usually they are hidden behind a screen and you get a glimpse of a hand and nothing much else.
But what is the staff area like? Where are the employees in the meantime? Perhaps hanging out in the operations/control room, which may well look something like this.
The photo was shared on Twitter user Onitsuchi last week and went viral (as in 8,000 retweets).
We say "control room" because the room evokes a Cold War-era control tower at a tiny airstrip somewhere, or perhaps the bunker of a ...
Too scared to go to love hotels with a partner right now in case you catch the dreaded virus?
Like a lot of people, we are holding back these days and not taking our usual trips to places. This might be the beach or the movie theater or museum, though our no-fly zone also currently includes nightclubs, bars, and love hotels. Life is dull indeed.
Fortunately, other people can go to these places for us and provide stunning photo shoots that offer a vicarious experience.
Such as Twitter user and photographer @room404nf, who posted a series of images from an incredible love hotel shoot. The ...
Have you ever seen (or stayed at) a love hotel like this?
Though the cyberpunk (is that the right descriptor?) style is like something out of a Neo Tokyo landscape or cut from the same cloth as the Robot Restaurant in Kabukicho, it is actually a room in an Okayama hotel with a retro fairground and amusement park theme.
As fans know, the most outrageous and unusual love hotels are to be found not in cities but deep in the countryside.
Saying that, if you are into BDSM and dungeons, there is this love hotel in Asabu, Minato ward, that has been running for four decades.
The ...
