The Japanese Twittersphere, specifically that surrounding gravure idols and the like, loves to come up with random "anniversaries" and celebrate them with themed pictures shared on the social network.
In the past, we've seen Condom Day on May 6th as well as women showing off their legs for Golden Week. There are meant to be many more, usually based on puns on Japanese words and numbers: July 5th as Bikini Day, May 10th at Maid Day, etc...
Well, apparently August 2nd was Panties Day, which resulted in various gravure idols and others doing what they do best: make our mouths water with ...
Yuki Aoyama and his Schoolgirl Complex series has fast become the pseudo-artistic erotic photography phenomenon of the 2010s.
If you have a thing for waif-like, slender angels, then Aoyama's work is for you.
Well, School Complex 4 has come out and this time the theme is schoolgirls "flipping" each other's skirts -- a theme also explored in calendars, of course. As Kenny Everett said: All in the best possible taste!
To celebrate, there is an exhibition at Yukai Hands Gallery, in the Waseda area, from July 22nd to July 31st.
We love how a section of the ...
Japan, the land of the panchira (up-skirt panties shot) fetish. Well, not quite. Nonetheless, there is a robust subculture of men obsessed with panchira, so much so it crops up even in mainstream culture too a fair bit.
And now there is this awesome tongue-in-cheek product: the Upskirt Umbrella.
It's been created by the Million Girls Project, which sounds like a college fraternity sex contest.
While people in Japan probably have to head to a store in Akihabara to get their hands on this unique umbrella, international interested parties can instead order one from Japan Trend ...
Good news! The punishment for serial voyeurism is not as harsh as you might expect!
The case of the Kobe serial drain panty voyeur has captivated us all, from the unabashed earnestness of the act -- hours spent in a storm drain just to glimpse a few seconds of the holy grail of passing women's panties -- to the defense by his mother that Yasuomi Hirai it not a pervert, but just likes to hide in drains
Well, it seems that such extreme panchira fetish acts don't land you in as much trouble as you might expect.
The 28-year-old Hirai has now been summarily indicted and fined ...
The tale of the 28-year-old serial drain voyeur keeps on getting better.
It was amazing enough that the man, arrested in June 2013 for the same crime, would again risk hiding in a drain for hours in order to look up the skirts of passing women (a fetish known as panchira in Japan).
Yasuomi Hirai was arrested on November 9 after he was caught in August using his phone to film up the skirt of a woman walking over the drain grill. He had been in the drain for five hours.
A tabloid reporter spoke to his mother.
"My son has liked to hide in small places like drains since he was a boy. He ...
Some people don't learn their lesson.
Well, Yasuomi Hirai is nothing if not consistent.
We first reported on his unique "talents" back in June 2013, when he was arrested for hiding in a drain in order to look up the skirts of girls passing by over him.
Two years on, and Hirai is at it again.
Once again Hyogo police have arrested the panchira fetishist for hiding in a storm drain, all so he could take photos of pedestrians in Kobe.
This time he was caught on August 16th after he was spotted using his phone to film up the skirt of a woman as she walked past the drain he was ...
While we hate people in the foreign media who paint Japan as a bunch of weirdos obsessed with strange gadgets and wacky fashion, when we see something like this, we can't really argue.
People actually spent a lot of money making this online promo!
Rock 'n' Roll Panty is just a giant panchira (up-skirt panty shot) fantasy platform. The interactive musical website allows you to get good views of cute ladies' underwear (as we know, panchira fetish is a massive phenomenon in Japan).
You "tap" (click) to the sound of the music, choosing drums or guitar or vocals, and with the ...
We like to look up girls' skirts and check out their panties.
But it can lead to all kinds of problems, not least run-ins with the law.
So how can you get your panchira (up-skirt shot) fetish fix safely?
If you're artist Kioku Panties ("memory panties"), then you sketch all the hotties you see.
Determined to document all the glories he spotted around town, he sketches the girls and includes notes about the situation and context. This is bordering on the obsessive (at time of writing there are nearly 8,000 images on his Twitter feed, presumably all like this), of course, ...
A new PS3 and PS4 video game by D3 Publisher lets you fulfil those panchira fantasies by having your virtual self take secret photos up girls' skirts!
The full name of the game is:
Natsuiro Haisukuru ★ Seishun Hakusho ～ Tenko Shonichi no Ore ga Osananajimi to Sakai Shitara Hodobuin ni Sareteite Gekisha Shonen no Hibi wa Sukupu Dairenpatsu de Igai to Motemotena no ni Nazeka Maimemori wa Pantsu Shashin Bakkari to iu Genjitsu to Mukiainagara Kangaeru Hito Natsu no Shima no Gakuen Seikatsu to Sekirarana Koi no Yukue～
...which has been translated into:
Summer Color High ...
Panchira research sounds like a lot of fun.
Starring popular cosplayer Kazari, Mosou Kagaku Kenkyujo (Fantasy Science Research Lab) has released a new video analyzing their research into panchira.
Panchira is a fetish for the panty shot. It's huge in Japan, especially with cosplayer idols or with schoolgirls.
The video is the first in the series in around nine months and shows the results of their "research" into ways for schoolgirls to do things so that their panties don't show, not always successfully.
This time Kazari demonstrates how to pick a book off a shelf ...
