Playboy has made a video offering a "rare glimpse" into what they call a "vintage love hotel". Well, Hotel Fukui in the Kyobashi district of Osaka, a business district with a bevy of love hotels behind the station, is actually more like a themed love hotel than a vintage one (initially we were expecting something more like the Hotel Okura).
True "vintage" love hotels, as we know, are fairly basic affairs, with nice amenities but a straightforward decor. The gaudy or wacky themes came more recently in the 1970s.
Popular Japanese consensus says that by the 2020 Summer Games in ...
Dakimakura Kisai is a "festival" for hug pillow fans to celebrate their beloved anime character-decorated cushions while moshing their hearts out to rock music.
For the fourth event, the festival was held at Shinjuku Antiknock, a gig venue, on December 6th.
Unfortunately we couldn't be there in person but reliable subculture online magazine KAI-YOU was, so here are some pictures to give you some idea of what this unique event is like.
Essentially this is a concert event for the band milktub, which is led by vocalist bamboo -- a colorful performer also known for making ...
Nyotaimori is one of those urban myth sex fantasies that only seems to happen in movies or manga. It's not even certain whether it has any real historical basis, though this hasn't stopped foreign movies and TV presenting it as a fundamental example of Japanese kinkiness.
Of course, there are places where you can try eating sushi or sashimi off a naked woman's body.
It has become a rather cheesy ritual that sometimes happens at certain parties, though the aptly named Nyotaimori Tokyo offers a "fashionable" dispatch service where they send a naked female food plate to your ...
Some generous soul has unearthed a copy of an old Japanese sex guide for youngsters. And what a find it is.
The first thing to note about The Young Person’s Guide to Sex is the hairy armpit on the cover. Different times, different attitudes, folks.
Dating back to the 1960s, young people could read this handy guide to learn such important things as how to hold hands with your partner.
Apparently such activities as shining your man's shoe or combing your lady's hair were also part of the courtship ritual back then.
And then there was the nose-touching and chin-stroking.
The ...
We've just discovered @toto_sh1, who is a "self-proclaimed photographer". Well, plenty of those about.
But he or she has created this awesome series of an otaku taking his blow-up lover on a date to Asakusa, and we can't resist sharing.
They first set off for their adventure by riding the subway together. The other passengers seem unperturbed.
They do all the usual tourist stuff like posing at the Kaminarimon gate and take a ricksha together.
They have someone draw their caricature and enjoy an ice cream.
But it all ends in tragedy in the ...
The opening of Japan's first major public exhibition of shunga erotic prints is quite a landmark event. We finally got to go recently.
We went on a Saturday and the line to get in stretched out of the venue. They were there in their hordes: men, women, couples, foreign tourists (European, American and Asian).
Lining up, some were excited, some seemed curious -- while others appeared intellectual and austere. Inside, however, everything changed. All the faces displayed the same awe and amazement; couples exchanged looks and words ("Wow, so big"). Couples gripped each other just that little ...
Here are some nice shots of the booth babes (known as "companions" in Japanese -- if only they truly were) at the recent Tokyo Game Show.
Clearly these girls are hired for their considerable assets.
【TGS2015おっぱいコンパニオンさんシリーズNo.02】アンビションブースですが、ちょｗｗｗおっぱいメガネとか最高ってレベルじゃねぇぞｗｗｗｗｗ #TGS2015 pic.twitter.com/ekTAsvHs4n
— もえーしょんﾀﾝﾄｩｰ (@tantou_KAI) September 17, ...
Following the previous report on the March porn shoot at an abandoned rural school, KAI-YOU has published a second behind-the-scenes photo report.
As far as we can tell (the article is written in the usual ambiguous way that certain Japanese publications like to use), this seems to be the same film ("100 People x Nakadashi") by the label Honnaka. We're not sure why there has been a second article, other than it seems to be a promo for the film as part of AV Open 2015. At any rate, this was "round two" shot on another day, featuring new "rules" in the games.
The film starred 7 ...
Is this the most amazing love hotel ever?
All right, that's a pretty bold claim. After all, there are some pretty incredible love hotels out there, from dungeons to swimming pools, and almost every kind of theme or style you could imagine in between.
But the Keibajo US in Niigata has got us excited.
Shared by @rutile_TiO on Twitter, here are some pictures from the hotel's fantastic rooms and suites.
There's a wooden classroom, a samurai sword-themed tacky "Oriental" room, a factory room, a hospital ward room (complete with two hospital beds), and ...
One day in March, several hundred people descended on an abandoned school deep in the Japanese countryside.
But these weren't ordinary people.
They were the hard-working folk who produce Japan's mountains of pornography.
"100 People x Nakadashi" was not set for release until September but that didn't mean the schedule wasn't tight. With so many people involved, careful planning and efficiency on the day was paramount. As with all things, the Japanese approached this with superb organization.
We weren't there -- but KAI-YOU was and these are their nice pictures.
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