Like girls in knee-high socks? Tick. Like girls in swimsuits? Tick. Then you will definitely like Underwater Knee-High Girls by Manabu Koga, a photobook that goes on sale at the end of August. Why have one fetish when you can have two? Koga is known for underwater photography, such as in the Mika Ninagawa film Helter Skelter. Koga's project features around 100 photos of smiling and alluring ladies underwater while wearing the cosplayer's favorite kind of footwear. So what do you think? Is this aquatic malarkey ...

Another day, another new brand opens up a store in Tokyo. This time it's Desigual, the Spanish clothes shop, which held a "seminaked [sic] party" to celebrate the opening of its new Japanese branch in Harajuku on June 22nd. People started to appear the night before and numbers had already exceeded the 100 limit by nine o'clock when the reception opened. Why? Because if you came wearing a swimsuit, you could take home whatever you wanted in the store -- for free! The folks waiting outside were given gowns to wear and protect their modesty, but once inside they were semi-naked ...

What can I say? Boys always love girls, especially the virtual kind. Especially the virtual kind you can touch on large screens. First Konami brought out Love Plus on the touchscreen iPhone. Then came the vacation tour. Now here's the arcade game. It's only a trial version but we can already see how the Akihabara boys will adore this! Each female character has her own machine. And the girls are dressed in skimpy swimsuits or, even better, wearing eye masks. They can't see where you touch! Sadly this was just a two-day trial last weekend in Akihabara but I'm sure it's just ...