From "bear honey" to green tea, there are a lot of novelty and parody lubes out there in Japan. Sometimes it's just the packaging that's innovative, like the luxury "wine bottle gel", but sometimes the inventiveness of the lube extends to the texture, odor, color, and taste too.
This is a great example and will definitely appeal to people who grew up playing Nintendo video games.
The RPG Video Game Magic Potion Lube is a computer game-inspired lubricant, based on those special items you can collect in a RPG to get extra powers and points.
The vial-style packaging is just perfect, ...
Cross-dressing in Japan is different to cross-dressing in other countries.
The rise of the otoko no ko cross-dressing male cosplayer, who may or may not be attracted to other men, has created a great broadening of acceptance of dressing up and gender-bending.
Bibi Lab, who specialize in making some wacky clothes and other household items, are latching onto this boom with the Boku Sera ("I am Sailor") Male Sailor School Uniform.
It's not just a Japanese schoolgirl sailor costume -- but one for guys. It's make of fleece, so it's actually warm in the winter.
Plus it's designed to ...
Chara Tea may well be the strangest beverage you never drink -- because it seems to be a parody or extreme fantasy.
The Chara Tea Bishojo T-bag ("beautiful young girl tea bag") is meant to be a "product born out of the pure feeling of wanting to drink the juice of a beautiful young girl". Huh?
Even Tama Toys don't go this far!
It's being proposed by muku corporation, a Niigata-based whose regular wares seem much more mundane.
What is this "juice"? The Japanese is oshiru or otsuyu but the word usually carries only an innocent meaning related to food liquid. Of course, here it's ...
Fetish Fashion Tokyo (or FetishFashion.Tokyo) is a new photography book showcasing the fetish scene in Japan's capital.
Released on October 10th, it features photography by Peter W Czernich and modeling from mannequin duo FEMM and Hirari Ikeda (that's her on the cover). Contributors include latex brands Kurage and Atsuko Kudo.
The book is bilingual, in English and Japanese, and edited by fetish magazine Infamous Magazine.
Don't expect anything hard-core in the book. From the looks of things, its focus is on latex fetish as a fashion statement more than a sexual ...
As if the front-zipper Realise swimsuit isn't enough for people to get excited about, now comes news that the swimming costumes featured in the "Underwater Knee-High Girls" series of aquatic photo books by Manabu Koga will also go on sale.
The third photography book by Koga was released in September, with the theme this time being pairs of girls diving underwater, who link arms to form "cubes". Well, the models were already erotic enough. Now we have hints of aquatic lesbianism to boot!
The two swimming costumes being sold by Village Vanguard have actually been developed for ...
Tama Toys describe the Petan Hips DX Onahole as "ass realistic modeling".
We love this toy. Not only do you get hips and buttocks, as well as the usual two holes -- this is much more than just a regular buttocks masturbator.
Here the lovely lady is sitting down and her legs are folded underneath, so her cute feet are sticking out.
Just like this!
This is perfect if you have a thing for petite Asian feet.
The buttocks are so ripe and curved, you could also have a whale of a time just sliding in between them, before you even start concerning yourself with the ...
If you like your butts pert and sticking up in the air, then you should take a gander at the Virginal Bloom Junketsu Premium Butt Onahole.
You can lay this realistic masturbator toy on a surface such as a table, bed or floor.
Then you slide yourself into the realistically weight (2kg, 4.4 lbs) onahole while gripping her buttocks. Paradise.
One of the unusual aspects of the toy is that there are two holes (of course), but they link up. Obviously this isn't the same as a real lady's inside but it makes cleaning much easier, plus adds a great curve to the inner passage that ...
Dotsui Tarunen is a cult music band and their reputation just got even more cultish.
What other actual music group would allow two porn stars to fuck right there in the mosh pit during their live act?
That's what Dotsui Tarunen Live Music Sex Concert with Natsuki Yokoyama entails. A sort of gonzo-style guerrilla documentary porno, it pairs Yokoyama with veteran (and temporarily disgraced) male performer Ryo Sawai.
As the sweaty music fans enjoy the music, Sawai and Yokoyama get down and dirty on the floor.
Needless to say, the music event was only open to ...
The Apple of the Japanese sex toys industry, Tenga, has launched yet another product -- and it's a great one.
The Tenga SVR Smart Vibe Ring is great for couples and for solo play.
You can slip the vibe around your fingers and use to pleasure yourself or your partner.
The vibe offers two rhythms of buzzing in five different strength settings.
The ring can also be fitted to the shaft of a male partner's member, allowing mutual, simultaneous stimulation during penetration.
So something for the ladies and something for the gentlemen too.
The ring is also waterproof ...
The Hestia boom has been growing this year and it just got better.
The busty character from DanMachi (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) was the star of the light novel and subsequent anime adaptation, and has now become a cult character in her own right.
Twitter went wild with a mini meme in the spring, where many people copied Hestia's signature blue ribbon costume and uploaded pics to the social network.
Then we had a Taiwanese cosplayer who showed us that busty ladies go very nicely indeed with Hestia costumes.
Hestia is now the inspiration for the DanMachi ...
