Tenga creates summer bug repellent devices for adults

Tenga is here to make summer more tolerable.

Some people find summer so hot and sweaty that just the thought of getting intimate with themselves or a partner is too much.

Others (and we count ourselves among them) welcome all the sweat, which seems to take us back to something more primal. And there’s nothing more primal than sexual pleasure.

But Tenga isn’t promoting a special summer sex toy (though that would be fun). After all, it’s just released the Flip Flexy designer male masturbator, which is enough of a treat already.

No, the designer adult brand has teamed up with Earth Corporation to produce two Tenga-themed ways to keep bugs at bay. Earth is Japan’s premier manufacturer of mosquito coils, which were invented in Japan. After all, you don’t want bugs spoiling your sweaty summer sex.

One of the items is a hangable bug repellent that lasts a whole year. You can have a Tenga Cup hanging indoors or in your garden, releasing its chemicals into the air to ensure flies, gnats, and midges don’t come your way.

The other items is a repellent that you place down on a surface, releasing a scent that helps to deodorize and also keeps midges away. It lasts 180 days. This type of deodorizing anti-bug cup is often found in public toilets in Japan, though not usually in a Tenga collaboration.

Both items feature covers in the iconic red of the classic Tenga Cup.

Given that Tenga is known for outlandish and ambitious marketing stunts (such as sending a toy into space), at first we thought this was a joke but it seems they are genuine products available in Japan through Tenga’s own store as well as online shops like Zozotown.

Tell the bugs they’re not wanted by advertising your masturbation habits! After all, one of Tenga’s ongoing campaigns is to remove the shame over adult matters and embrace them as part of your identity — and through stylish-looking adult toys.