Apparently the Japanese love used panties so much that not only can you buy them and even get a magazine about them, but there's now an online game about the fetish.
Panty Collection (or PanKore) is a free DMM online game that is scheduled to become available from late April.
Inspired by the online manga Gokujyo, the aim of the game is literally to compete to collect Japanese high-school girls' panties.
Since registration opened on March 31st, some speculated that the game was simply an April Fools' Day prank, but we know there are firm connections between gaming and panties ...
Something that shocks some visitors to Japan is the volume of porn, soft-core porn or other adult magazines lining the shelves of convenience stores. It is placed in a certain section marked as "adult" but not on a top shelf like in other countries. And the covers make it very clear what is inside, awaiting the horny reader.
There has been talk about "cleaning this up" as we get closer to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, but no concrete developments.
Until now. In what may be the first salvo against the freedom for pornographers to push their wares in open, a local mayor has taken the ...
Japanese women are not primarily known for their breasts, though many local men seem to prefer women who don't have such big breasts and local women don't idealize huge busts either.
Now clothing retail giant UNIQLO has asked women to draw a picture of their breasts and then describe them... so the results can be put online for the all the world to see.
There are some international examples among the 100 women but we were only interested in the Japanese ladies.
Past models for UNIQLO include Jessica Michibata and Kazue Fukiishi, who made a BIG impression with ...
Unfortunately this was one tabloid rumor that proved false.
Mitsu Dan is not running for political office. But what a difference she would have made to the corridors of power.
The curvy nude model and actress has denied the suggestions that she was under consideration as a political candidate for summer's election. Perhaps it was her tacit support for the peace Constitution that spiked her career as a politico? After all, the ruling LDP have mde no secret of their desire to change the Constitution.
Or perhaps it was her habit of stripping nude and appearing in bondage-themed ...
Remember we blogged about the Japanese female bodybuilder onahole in February?
We included some information on Reika Saiki, a gravure model and idol who is famous (and popular) for her muscles.
If femdom's your thing, then you really need to take a gander at Reika!
Even better, this gal is smart -- she graduated from Keio University. Still only 23, she recently posed for Weekly Playboy. The results are a wet dream come true for muscular women fetishists...
Unlike some extreme cases of this kind of fetish, Reika still has a really cute face and is svelte ...
Since people seemed interested in our post about Tenga's first dedicated retail branch that opened in Namba, Osaka, last year, we wanted to share details about the Tenga outlet in Tokyo.
The follow-up to the Osaka store is this Tenga Shop in Akibabara, which opened its doors to the masturbation-curious on January 28th. (Sadly the budget this time didn't seem available to hire the lovely Mana Sakura to come down to Akiba to help out.)
It's located 5 minutes from the Akihabara Electric Town exit of the JR station.
It stocks everything from Tenga hats and t-shirts to the FULL range ...
Japanese sportswomen are hot. Really hot.
Whether it's volleyball players or bodybuilders, snowboarders, boxers or baseball players, these ladies have brawn and agility -- and would be powerhouses of energy in the sack.
Joining this list is Risa Izumi. She once represented Japan in gymnastics for the Athens Olympics but her career has taken a different turn now.
Today she is a nude model with a recent photo book release... and what a body she has.
Like Yuki Eda has done before her, Risa Izumi fully shows off her slim and trim form with these naked poses.
As you can see from the photos, ...
Onna no Ko Club is fast becoming the biggest (and certainly the most accessible) player in the growing otoko no ko and josou cross-dressing scene. It already has bars in Shinjuku (in Nichome, of course) and Osaka where you can go to try dressing up as the opposite sex (or just watch if you're not into actual cross-dressing).
It was recently featured in the Ellen Page documentary about gay Japan and its manager interviewed by Kyodo News.
Now it has a new salon bar in Ueno, this time with stylish chandeliers.
Opening on April 1st, it is located in the Okachimachi area of Ueno, a ...
Tenga, the "Apple of the Japanese adult industry", has always had a great attitude towards marketing, sponsoring art and music events, beach clean-ups and even getting the approval of a Buddhist monk.
It recently held an advertising contest, offering the winner the chance to get a top prize of ¥1 million's worth of Tenga products.
Needless to say, Tenga's brilliant approach to design and product quality, not to mention its tongue-in-cheek attitude towards its publicity, were great creative inspirations.
Here are the winners.
This won the grand prix. It elevates the Tenga ...
The BBC occasionally likes to weigh in on adult Japan matters, not always with success.
It recently profiled Keiko Takemiya, "the godmother of manga sex in Japan". This time they go the extra mile and get some reasonable background and interviews, but some of their assertions are off -- not least the headline.
Takemiya was just 26 when she started Kaze to Kino Uta (The Poem of Wind and Trees).
It opens with two naked teenage boys in a 19th-century French boarding school lying on top of each other, post-coital. The series centres on one of those boys and another new boy. ...
