'Tis the season for celebration, after all, and Tenga has reached a major milestone.
And a very profitable one at that: 100 million sales of its Tenga Cup series.
The Tenga Cup 100 Million Sales Commemoration Set is a special release to celebrate this phenomenal achievement.
As regular readers know, we love writing about Tenga -- sometimes called the Apple of the Japanese adult industry -- and couldn't resist this story. We have grown old with Tenga: the Cup came out first in 2007 and has morphed into so many versions over the years since. Along with the Tenga Egg, the Cup secured the ...
April is, of course, April Fool's Day. But more importantly for those of us in Japan, it's the start of the new fiscal and academic year.
While that's different from many systems in the West, which generally begin the school year in the autumn, it makes a lot of sense considering it's spring and the season of new beginnings (and the cherry blossom in the school yards makes for some good commemorative photos).
Tenga knows how hard and stressful it can be to start college. You have to get a whole new set of friends and everyone seems older and cooler than you. It's also often the first time ...
Over the weekend, a large earthquake struck off the coast of Japan. Here in Tokyo, we felt some pretty bad jolts for some time on Saturday night, but it was far worse for the northeast of the country.
Social media was soon awash with images of fallen bookshelves, smashed plants, collapsed and broken furniture.
One set of images that caught our eye on Twitter were these two photos of the insane disorder wrought upon a porn shop in Koriyama, Fukushima.
The manager of Book Fan 24 shared two pictures of the shelves emptied and countless numbers of DVDs and adult manga piled up on the floor. ...
Tenga, the Apple of the Japanese adult market, is convinced that self-pleasure should be a premium experience. And it also knows how to market its products in a truly savvy and novel way.
Case in point is its latest campaign in which the brand gives people to win a "gold" Premium Tenga cup just by retweeting a certain tweet by March 31.
All right, this is indeed made out of almost 100% gold but it's not an actual sex toy, even if it does look uncannily like one of the entries in the bestselling Premium Tenga cup series, whose Premium Vacuum Cup tenth-anniversary toy is getting a ...
There is the old joke that you can build up your biceps by excessive masturbation.
But Tenga is here to prove that it is, in fact, true. At least, it can be with the Tenga Workout Gear.
This is a silver-colored, stainless steel "sleeve" that locks around the Tenga Original Vacuum Cup toy. As you slide your johnson in and out of the masturbation cup, you hold the Workout Gear and train your muscles.
It is a heavy (as in four kilograms, or nearly nine pounds) and genuinely does help you strengthen your muscles simply by holding and using the item.
Here is the item in a ...
Have you ever wondered what type of Tenga Cup are you? Which onacup reflects your current mood, personality, or fashion style?
One creative Twitter user took this to the next level: by assigning Tenga Cups to match the different outfits of a woman -- specifically, a music idol.
The classic red "deep throat" onacup is sporty. The white version is a shrine maiden. The Premium Cup is a glitzy outfit. The Rainbow Pride Cup is a bikini. And so on.
There are two versions of the collage that has gone (very slightly) viral: one featuring Mai Chusonji (aka Chanmai) and the other with Kaori ...
At first glance, these look like Tenga Onacups in all their stylish and universally appreciated glory. But for once, we aren't writing about something that pleasures the cock. The Sweet Love Cup is about the taste buds in your mouth.
Open up these mini onacups and find ten individually wrapped chocolates to eat alone or with a partner, either as a pre- or post-coital treat.
Naturally, the release is timed perfectly for Valentine's Day (which in Japan, is when women given chocolates to men -- who are meant to reciprocate on so-called White Day, on March 14th).
This isn't the first time that ...
Just when you think Tenga couldn't get any more mainstream, along comes another development to prove you wrong.
Tenga is always a savvy one when it comes to promotion, as its Christmas popper recently showed. The Apple of Japanese adult toys (for men and women) has frequently engaged in clever stunts and campaigns to raise awareness and acceptance of its masturbation aids and other toys. But this is perhaps one with potentially the widest reach yet.
Behold the Tenga iPhone case.
Yes, now iPhone users will be able to advertise their love for Tenga and all the wonderful things ...
Damn, we missed this one. Now here is something that would have livened up our Christmas lunch and dinner!
We just heard about this fun promotional item made by everyone's favorite Japanese masturbation aid and sex toys brand. For the holiday season this year, Tenga created a special party popper that resembles ones of its classic onacups.
If you want to advertise to your family members or friends your penchant for masturbating with the help of Tenga toys, this red popper is for you.
At any social gathering, just whip out this deceptively realistic Tenga Cracker and pull. ...
The Apple of the adult toy industry in Japan, Tenga still has a sense of humor, which is often very much in evidence its marketing. After producing romantic chocolates for Valentine's Day, it continues its funny and inventive promotional efforts now with the Tenga Furikake, which is aimed at horny male students with big appetites.
No, not bukkake. There's already plenty of toys for that. Furikake, as in the topping that you sprinkle onto a bowl of rice.
Naturally, this isn't your average furikake. It contains ginger, oysters, and garlic, which are meant to improve your stamina and erectile ...
