It's Christmas in Tokyo, which means . . . what exactly? Well, not really Christmas in the traditional sense.
Christmas in Japan is, of course, not a holiday per se (and falling on a Monday this year, everyone will be working as normal, including yours truly), but Santa cosplay is very popular, as are "Christmas cakes" (which rarely resemble what a European might expect), German-style Christmas markets, and going on dates on Christmas Eve.
In fact, Christmas is basically just a romantic day for couples, and one of the busiest times of year for love hotels.
Gravure idols and models often ...
Our friends at Kanojo Toys, the biggest online source of Japanese adult toys shipping anywhere worldwide, are holding a Christmas sale.
You can currently get 20% off any order. The sale runs through at least December 26 (in all time zones) and the code is valid on multiple orders (so you can get something on different days and still claim the discount, if you're indecisive like us).
To claim your discount, use the code XMAS at the checkout.
We were browsing the latest arrivals at Kanojo Toys (something like six or more toys are added every day), and spotted a lot of toys we want to ...
The top Japanese porn star Minamo has appeared in an advertising campaign for leading Japanese lingerie brand Ravijour.
She is modeling various holidays-themed underwear items that are now available from Ravijour stores and online. She is also holding a promotional meet-and-greet event for the brand in Shinjuku in January, where you even get a signed Minamo-Ravijour mug.
We adore Minamo and she looks ravishing in the Ravijour lingerie, which comes in an erotic red. In keeping with the "holiday collection" theme, the lingerie is festively colored. A Christmas campaign for a ...
For our final post of 2019, we won't do the usual round-up of the year but instead opt for something a bit more fun: sexy Santa cosplay.
Here is a selection of some of the best Mrs Claus cosplay (a genre known in Japanese as Santacos) by various idols and models, as featured in recent seasonally themed photo shoots or selfies.
First up, here is the gravure idol Tomi (or Toumi).
This is cosplayer and idol Amatsu-sama.
And here is Rina Hashimoto.
AKB48's Yuki Kashiwagi has chosen for the cute rather than sexy look, but that's still fine.
Race queen Yu Kikuchi (top) and model Chiyo ...
Damn, we missed this one. Now here is something that would have livened up our Christmas lunch and dinner!
We just heard about this fun promotional item made by everyone's favorite Japanese masturbation aid and sex toys brand. For the holiday season this year, Tenga created a special party popper that resembles ones of its classic onacups.
If you want to advertise to your family members or friends your penchant for masturbating with the help of Tenga toys, this red popper is for you.
At any social gathering, just whip out this deceptively realistic Tenga Cracker and pull. ...
Our friends at Kanojo Toys are holding a Christmas sale right now, offering a 20% discount on purchases of adult toys from Japan.
Just use the code HOL19 to claim your discount.
We particularly recommend the Kanojo Toys selection of "lucky bags" and other special packs from major Japanese sex toy brands like Tama Toys and Toy's Heart.
Not only are these sets a lot of fun -- since the contents are random -- but also good value, as you usually get toys and item with a total value more than standard price.
First up, the Tama Toys Onahole Value Pack offers a set of four masturbators by one of ...
Christmas is a strange time in Japan: it is celebrated, secularly rather than religiously, and also not in the way you might think. People exchanging gifts? Yes, a bit. Special food? Yes, kind of. But the dishes are largely KFC and strawberry cake. Even the day itself is usually marked on Christmas Eve by couples as a romantic occasion (meaning Christmas is potentially less a time for families than for, well, making families!).
That aside, the recent craze for gathering in cosplay costumes on the streets of Shibuya at Halloween and New Year's Eve has also extended to the Christmas season, ...
Here's a little sex scandal to cheer up your post-Christmas blues or stir you out of your post-Christmas stupor, either with fury or envy.
Weekly tabloid magazine Shukan Bunshun has broken a story about Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Teru Fukui taking a luxury cruise in Japan's Inland Sea for two nights with a beautiful woman who works as an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They were snapped arm in arm at the port in Hiroshima on December 22nd, preparing for their trip that would last over the Christmas Eve season, which is a romantic time for couples in Japan.
Such a ...
If like us, you prefer some adult items for Christmas rather than the usual socks and Hollywood DVDs, then there's a treasure trove of toys in Tokyo waiting for you.
After all, though the Christmas season is generally spent eating and watching TV with family members, there's no reason why it shouldn't also be a period for enjoying some private time either alone or with a partner.
And that's, of course, where adult toys come in. In our humble opinion, the sheer range and originality of the toys in Japan makes them the best.
Our friends at Kanojo Toys, the best online destination for ...
We're late to blog this but we've just come across this Abema TV report from the end of December about love hotels and Christmas.
Christmas in Japan is not a family event: it's an event celebrated by couples on Christmas Eve, which usually means a romantic meal somewhere, followed by sex either at home or at a love hotel.
But is this still the case?
Abema TV went a-wandering on Christmas Eve in Shibuya -- home to Tokyo's famous "love hotel hill" -- and found that many hotels were not as full as you might expect. One hotel, they found, was two thirds empty. They spoke to some ...
