This year's Halloween street party in Shibuya has proved controversial even before October 31st after a near-riot broke out. A car was overturned and five arrests made.
As we know, the Halloween costumes worn by young people in Shibuya and other areas of Tokyo often have little if nothing to do with the traditional Halloween theme. It's often just an excuse to wear funny or outrageous costumes before the winter sets in. Tenga costumes have been a common choice in previous years.
There's also a lot of flesh on display: demonstrating once again the resilience of the Japanese female to the ...
Halloween in Japan is much more than just trick or treating. It means dressing up skimpy costumes and cosplay outfits, and hanging out in places like Shibuya for hours on October 31st as well as the weekends leading up to Halloween.
The popularity of the movement has developed a lot in the past few years, with thousands now descending on Scramble Crossing every year.
This makes for a visual feast in terms of costumes, and the best ones often have little to do with a traditional Halloween as we know it in the United States, and more to do with Japanese pop culture, trends, in-jokes, and ...
Not content with having conquered the Japanese adult video scene, former SKE48 idol and now top porn star Yua Mikami (Momona Kito) decided to take over Halloween as well.
To celebrate October 31st, which is something of a crazy bonanza in Tokyo, Mikami dressed up in an original costume.
She could have gone for a sexy nurse or even a zombie, and still come out a winner. But she decided to head off into more novel territory with her choice of garb: she transformed herself into... a Starbucks Frappuccino.
Yes, as if she wasn't sweet enough, Mikami became one of the notorious ...
This year, in addition to crazy numbers of people in cosplay on the streets, Shibuya also hosted trash cans that spoke to you in porn stars' voices when you filled them up with your garbage.
And that wasn't the only porn-themed attraction in Shibuya over the Halloween weekend.
Regular viewers of Japanese AV will be familiar with the "magic mirror truck" series that features a vehicle installed with a one-way glass wall. It travels around the city, looking out at unsuspecting citizens on the streets while all manner of sexual antics take place inside.
Porn industry giant Soft on ...
How to get girls to surround you? Simple. Wear a t-shirt saying you are a virgin and wander around the crazy street party that was Shibuya during the Halloween weekend.
That's what this guy did. The sophomore University of Tokyo student, Ryosuke Takano, is a self-professed virgin but he still wanted to join in the fun for the holiday.
He carried 120 handwritten cards around with his name, Twitter account and Line number, hoping to attract followers or groupies to his cause (presumably ending his virginity).
The gimmick worked a treat: he was soon surrounded by hordes of cute ladies ...
Over the weekend, Halloween was even more of a crazy street party than last year. Though rain made Friday a wash-out, Saturday saw Shibuya transform into a veritable carnival of cosplay and costumes, almost all of which seemed to have nothing to do with Halloween in the traditional sense and more to do with looking wild or sexy. And there's nought wrong with that, my friends.
All these thousands of people assembling in Shibuya for one night only does create one annoying byproduct, though: trash, and lots of it.
To help deal with the problem, AV retailer and producer Soft on Demand (SOD) ...
It's that time of the year again: time to look back over the past twelve months and all the news we have covered.
The first thing is an internal one: we relaunched Tokyo Kinky in a new blog template. While the top page hasn't changed much, we hope you like the improved functionality and look of our site.
Idols of the Year
Who were our top ladies of the year?
Ren Ishikawa
This slinky princess burst into our life and has been dominating Gravure over 2015.
Runners-up: Ayaka Noda, Ayuka Terada, Hitomi Yasueda, Anna Tamechika, Yuka Someya, the two Yanagi sisters (Iroha Yanagi, Yurina ...
Shibuya was an insane spectacle last night, with tens of thousands of revellers out for Halloween -- many of them wearing all variety of costume.
As expected, Halloween in Tokyo has less to do with Hallows' Eve than with cosplay for its own sake. And so you get almost every type of costume imaginable. Many are very sexy -- you can see A LOT of legs and some butts on display -- and others are very funny and satirical.
While we had expected to see full Tenga Onacup suits around, our prize for best adult toy-themed costume is the Tenga helmet that these guys were wearing in Center ...
Probably few things have caught on in Japan as quickly and astonishingly as Halloween.
A few years ago, there might have been a few Halloween parties here and there, and so overly enthusiastic gaijin walking the streets in bad zombie costumes.
But now Shibuya and Roppongi -- in particular -- literally explode into an orgy of cosplay, much of it not technically connected to Halloween but to any fairytale, video game, or meme that is currently trending.
Halloween cosplay is especially popular with young female Japanese. It's perfect timing in terms of the climate. The autumn chill ...
It's almost time for Halloween and the streets of Tokyo -- especially Shibuya -- are guaranteed to be packed with a zillion slinky girls donning slinky costumes (despite the rapidly dropping temperatures).
Well, if you want an original costume, we recommend you check out some of the Japanese outfits available for overseas delivery on Kanojo Toys.
Tenga onacup-inspired outfits are regularly spotted at cosplay and costume events.
Last year in Tokyo during Halloween, three guys were dressed up as Tenga onacups, while a guy in the States seemed ahead of the curve in 2009 with his ...
