Whatever happens to Japan's junior idols?
This is a controversial topic. Many find the idea of junior idols (or chidol) -- girls often as young as their tweens or even younger -- repellent and tantamount to encouraging pedophilia in the same way as lolicon.
However, it's worth remembering that many gravure idols start their careers in their late teens and are technically below the age of adulthood in Japan (20 years old). So it's not all about the specific genre of junior idols and things are very ambiguous when you start looking around.
After all, many music idols from groups like ...
Still lusting after gravure idol Jun Amaki after she stunned the world with the Virgin Killer Sweater?
The clothing item that revealed so much of a woman's back became a meme of its own, and has been a strong seller ever since. (There are lots of imitations, though, so who knows which is the "original" sweater now?!)
And it's also inspired its own parody masturbator toy.
Hang on, we hear you cry, didn't we already see this? Yes, there was a previous parody toy -- a relatively straightforward yet effective onahole by Tama Toys. But now Toy's Heart has joined in on the fun and produced ...
Christmas is a time for gathering around the dinner table for nice food and drink. It's a time for exchanging of gifts. And it's a time for snuggling up in bed with someone or something to keep you warm.
Our friends at Kanojo Toys are offering Tokyo Kinky readers a special Christmas season discount, so we can get the toys we really want to get this year.
Use the coupon code christmas to claim 20% off any Japanese adult toy ordered from Kanojo Toys.
We trawled through the thousands of adult toys currently on offer to come up with a few highlights below.
Of course, Japanese adult ...
Tenga has released a new Flip Hole in time for Christmas, proving that it hasn't completely lost touch with its roots, even if its recent focus has been on its Iroha vibrators for women (as awesome as those toys are).
The Tenga Flip Zero Black is a new version of the Flip Zero that dazzled us back in 2016. While the original was in white, this one comes in black -- but it's much more than just a color update.
The design is better than ever, having been carefully enhanced for "hard" and "tight" sensations. And it looks, let's be frank, effing beautiful.
The ...
How can you promote adult toys so that they seem fun and accessible, rather than something shameful or suspicious?
Well, in Tenga's case, it means making a short music video. "Tenga Gin Gin Night" is the strangely titled and even more strangely filled video that Japan's top adult brand created to advertise its Tenga Night Charge drink, which gives you the energy you need to get through all the fun of the night. (It's a version of the earlier Tenga Men's Charge Sexual Energy Drink.)
An insanely vibrant dekotora (decoration truck) drives around Tokyo, zipping past the National ...
Because we all know that sex is better with the lights on.
Tenga understands the primal need for nighttime masturbation and that light makes this a more fun and practical experience, whether enjoyed solo or with a partner.
That's why the Apple of the Japanese adult toys industry came up with the Tenga LED Light onacups, a series of Tenga Onacups that light up.
There are two versions, based on popular onacups in the Tenga series.
The Tenga LED Light Premium Vacuum Light Onacup is blue while the Tenga LED Light Deep Throat Light Onacup is red. They light up and glow an erotic color ...
Masturbation is a form of meditation -- at least it is for us.
Tenga seems to understand the spiritual good of both masturbation and sexual pleasure, which is why it has invested so much time and effort into the design of its amazing adult toys.
Its line of Iroha vibrators have continued to prove that toys for girls are just as exciting and beautiful as male counterparts. We're excited to get our hands on the latest toy in the series: the Iroha Zen Vibrator.
As the name suggests, the Iroha Zen is inspired by traditional Japanese culture and sensibilities. Its sleek yet minimal design ...
Every now and then we spot an adult toy that shows us that we haven't quite seen it all just yet.
The Ushichichi Perfect Paizuri Breast Sex Onahole is one such example.
The "cow tits" masturbator has two holes: one so you can push yourself out between her bulging bust and the other for a more conventional tight pussy sensation.
Available now from Kanojo Toys, the Ushichichi is a tribute to gravure idol-level breasts that are squeezed into a tiny bikini. Like a mini doll toy, the Ushichichi has a sweet replica of this girl's torso integrated into the ...
Bathing and fetish cultures are both big in Japan, so why not combine the two?
It's a question that people have no doubt asked at some time, but now some boffin has gone ahead and figured out a way to answer it. Don't believe us? Behold the results.
Available in male and female versions, the Leftover Bathwater Drink is for anyone with a hankering for the used water left behind after a special someone has finished their ablutions.
The Leftover Bathwater Drink comes courtesy of the "brilliant" boffins at cult novelty store Village Vanguard, who also produced the panties eye mask we ...
You remember the Hentai Kamen, the superhero who wears panties over his face?
Now behold the wonder of the Brassiere Eye Mask, which covers your eyes with -- you've guessed it -- a miniature bra.
Produced by novelty store Village Vanguard, the Brassiere Eye Mask is more of a parody item than a genuine fetish toy, but it's still pretty awesome. Any mainstream appropriation of fetish culture is OK by us.
We especially love the way it is marketed with a salaryman-like Japanese man dressed in a suit, whose true desires lie not in spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations, but in ...
