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 ...
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 ...
Don't think too much about what you are going to get your friends and relatives this Christmas? Worry about how you are going to sate those desires of yours and your partner(s).
Forget the bad TV or customary meals. We spend much of the holiday season looking forward to getting into a warm bed and releasing all our energies in the best possible way.
So here's our ultimate adult Christmas (sexmas!) guide to help you do the same.
Our partner shop Kanojo Toys has selected a few products for couples, men, and women, plus some examples of their awesome fetish items.
And if this is ...
It doesn't matter how cold it is.
When there's an opportunity for cosplay, the young girls in Shibuya don't miss out.
And so Christmas 2015 was a fun one in Tokyo, with plenty of cute ladies skimpily dressed up in red and white costumes on the streets of Japan's capital.
Christmas in Japan is defined by the biggest date night of the year on Christmas Eve (just try getting a love hotel room!) and then consuming strawberry cake and fried chicken on December 25th itself. The Christian holiday has also gradually become a festival of dressing up and hanging around the city looking ...
Merry Christmas to all our readers.
Let's celebrate with some Japanese Christmasy ...
Happy Christmas to all our readers and visitors!
Christmas in Japan is a time for three things: strawberry shortcake, KFC chicken, and sex. Especially Christmas Eve is seen as the most romantic time of the year, the night when you are meant to take a special someone out on an expensive date.
Not everyone has a girlfriend so this time of year can be a bit lonely for singletons.
But cross-dressing cosplayer Nemunemunnn decided to take the matter into "his" own hands. He cross-dressed as his own cute "girlfriend".
The results are impressive. Would you know the ...
Happy Christmas, everyone!
Here's something we really wish Santa would bring... Some sexy Japanese girls in Santa cosplay outfits!
This is one Japanese idol tradition that we certainly still believe in.
Itsuki Sagara
Yurika Tachibana
Sayaka Oonuki
Momoko Tani
Mizuki Hoshina
Ayaka Komatsu
Enjoy the ...
The Japanese celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve with sex.
December 24th is the day everyone looks forward to because on that evening it is the time for couples to go out on expensive dates, and love hotels are always packed in the evening.
Basically, no one bothers with December 25th, since they do all the important stuff on Christmas Eve.
Oh, and they like to eat KFC. So chicken and sex.
Taro and I will be getting some chicken in but have gone past the time when we expect to go on dates.
That's why we were glad to have a chance to do some dressing up. Enter the To Aru ...
Sony has been running a campaign recently in which sexy girls dance all around Japan's 47 prefectures.
The aptly named Headphone Girls 47 has proved a popular hit with, well, guys.
Here are some nice ladies from Wakayama.
Well, Kotaku recently interviewed three lovely lasses from this campaign -- and all in rather fetching Santa gear!
We thought the perfect way to wish our loyal readers a Happy Christmas was by posting some wonderful pictures of the trio.
The three ladies are Gifu's Yuuna Nagai...
Aichi's Rinka Nishizawa...
and Matsue, ...
It's Christmas Eve in Japan.
While the 25th itself is not so special, Eve is what it's all about.
Along with Valentine's Day, this is THE day for couples to go on dates and... well, you know how dates usually end. Yep, getting a love hotel on December 24th can be a chore.
Another unusual custom is the obsession with KFC.
The fast food chain started marketing fried chicken to Japanese locals as a Christmas food years ago and it has really caught on. There is not a chance you can land some Kentucky chicken on December 24th without a prior reservation.
Look out for the big lines of ...
