The post-COVID uptick in streetwalkers in the Okubo Park area of Kabukicho, Tokyo, has been a media obsession for some time in Japan, generating a moral panic over the young age of the women and also some embarrassment because it has coincided with the huge rise in tourist numbers in Japan.
In the age of social media, going to rubberneck the lines of prostitutes at Okubo Park has become an activity for tourists to do as well as contributed to the notion that Tokyo is already a destination for sex tourism like Bangkok. Of course, approaching women on the street does not come without risk and ...
We've showcased the incredible work by fintan (pinakotheca) before. He finds often obscure and esoterica Japanese erotica, such as old magazines and photo books, scans them, shares them online, and then sells the original print copies to anyone interested.
Anyone with an interest in Japanese erotica, especially vintage erotica, should follow him on X or Instagram.
We've previously showcased the amazing images from a 1990 photo book called Binding Force: Japan’s First Facial Restraint Photo Book, shared by fintan in March.
More recently, he has explored the veritable gold mine that is ...
The Osaka expo has proved controversial for a number of reasons, not least the huge budget overruns, the infestation of bugs, the unfinished pavilions, and the overpriced food.
But what about panchira (panties flash)? The latest issue involves a young Japanese woman who has posed for photos deliberately showing off her panties, and then posted those pics on social media for likes and views.
She certainly succeeded in getting a lot of attention.
The OL-themed cosplayer yuu_OLdays posed against the expo's famous wooden ring structure (the largest wooden structure in the world), wearing expo ...
The ever-reliable and diligent fintan (pinakotheca) has done it again.
He assiduously seeks out old erotic art and photography books, buys them, scans them, resells the books, and then shares select highlights online. Whether due to personal preference or the quality of the material, he frequently features Japanese publications.
After our previous showcase of some of these last month, we cannot resist another set of images from obscure 1980s Japanese voyeur photography books and magazines.
If you're into voyeur fetish stuff or even a practicing Peeping Tom, this is surely pure catnip. ...
There has been much in the news recently about concept cafes in Japan. Concept cafes, also known as concafes, provide an experience based on a specific theme.
In the same way that a girls' bar is a "lite" version of a hostess bar, a women's concafe is like a host club without the eye-watering prices or nighttime reputation. Though there are plenty of female-staffed concafes that operate like a maid cafe with another character instead of maids, the establishers that have attracted media and police attention so far have been concafes run by men and aimed at women.
Common cosplay themes ...
These are some remarkable erotic images from Peep Focus and Peep Document, two 1980s voyeuristic photography magazines from Japan.
The fetish images were shared by fintan (pinakotheca), who nobly finds old erotic art and photography books, scans, resells the books, and then shares highlights online. He often features Japanese publications.
He also shared scans from an incredible 1990 photo book called Binding Force: Japan’s First Facial Restraint Photo Book, which we wrote about in March.
The most famous Japanese photographer associated with voyeurism is Kohei Yoshiyuki, whose 19702 ...
A former love hotel in Hokkaido is available to rent for the princely sum of ¥29,000 a month.
Apartment Odaiba, as the hotel is now branded, was recently spotted by retro locale fan Hopigon, whose posts about it went viral.
While the owners require a month's deposit and key month up front, you can move in right away.
Though we expect the property is pretty basic and remote by Tokyo standards, you can essentially live permanently in a love hotel for a fee that's not much higher than the short-term stay fee at an urban love hotel (in other words, a month here costs only a bit more than ...
Readers with longer memories may well remember the shocking case of Yuka Takaoka, the young hostess who almost killed her host boyfriend in 2019. The shocking nature of the crime -- stabbing the guy with a kitchen knife and leaving him in a pool of blood while she sat on the floor, smoking a cigarette, and talking on the phone call -- and her cute looks earned Takaoka a legion of followers online in the wake of her arrest. She was proclaimed a living example of a yandere or jiraikei girl.
The impact of the case was amplified by certain visuals: the image that quickly appeared of Takaoka ...
Long-time readers may remember the story from 2019 of Kazuko Iwamoto, the nude model and actress arrested for attacking her lover at a train station after he tried to end their relationship. The 43-year-old had, it seems, revealed to him that she was pregnant, but her lover was a married cad who wanted to make a getaway at the resort town of Atami.
It was of the most bizarre stories we have ever run and, to be honest, pure catnip: a beautiful jukujo at the height of her fame seemingly caught in a destructive relationship, turns desperate -- and the result is a sensational (though thankfully, ...
The former HKT48 idol Haruka Kodama has announced that she has worked as a hostess in Ginza.
After making a stunning comeback in gravure last year and released a digital photo book in January, is the model and actor in need of some regular work to keep herself in clover?
Not quite. Along with some ravishing pics of herself in full hostess garb, Haruppi released a video in which she "snuck" into a club for one night and got to try out a shift as a hostess.
The 28-year-old is playing a hostess in the April episodes of Tokyo Kanojo (a YouTube drama series), so she says she was gaining ...
