Have you ever wondered what that sex position is called in Japanese? This could be for purely academic reasons, of course, if you are a bit of a linguist. Maybe you just like having random knowledge in your arsenal. Or it could be for that time when you need to explain to your Japanese partner the position you want to try next. This superbly useful guide has illustrations of various sex positions with their Japanese name, including transliterated versions if you can't read the kanji. The guide was created by illustrator Jikumaru and published online in 2019, giving kind permission for ...

Being born at the tail end of the Showa era, we've always had a sense of nostalgia for those pre-digital days. In addition to a soft spot for old pink films, we also love to browse retro erotica and vintage porn. In past posts we've looked at 1960s nude shoots and love hotels. About a year ago, we posted something about a vintage sex guide from the 1960s. Here's something similar: How to Sex, an old sex guide based on the shijuuhatte -- the "48 Ways" of having sex as developed from centuries-old sumo wrestling moves. The 64-page, all-color magazine guide is undated but seems to be ...

We don't talk about boys' love or male-on-male themes enough on this blog, so we were pleased to stumble upon this development. The boys' love illustrator Ebimo has created a new 112-page gay drawing manual, the "BL Poses Stretch Book". It's a bit like a working version of the "48 Ways" (shijuuhatte), which is the de facto Japanese Kama Sutra, so you really get the most out of your relationship as well as illustration skills. The poses -- from tender kissing to hugging and all manner of sex positions -- are included as a guide to all the various ...

Japanese condom advertising is often much more inventive than regular commercials, which typically rely on using ubiquitous celebrities rather than any imagination. Contraception, on the other hand, employs everything from dinosaur sex to horror movies. We stumbled upon this Durex condom commercial, which is actually from May 2015. Some people online were saying it was themed around the Kama Sutra (with some added wrestling spice) and had been "banned". It's pretty awesome. First off, it's not "banned" but available for all the world to see. The official Durex upload on ...