Japan is often praised for its minimalist design aesthetic. This is then thrown to the wind (or rather, the dogs!) when you go to a love hotel and encounter garishness that makes Gaudí architecture look positively tame in comparison. Similarly for web design, where Rakuten rules supreme despite its utter UX clusterfuck. If Amazon is…

While the Tokyo Olympics enters its second week, the athletes are apparently not having sex in the Olympics Village. But that is certainly not the case for Japanese porn stars, who are kept busy in a prodigious industry that pumps out thousands of new releases each year. In a recent photo shoot, five top Japanese…

We were waiting with bated breath and they delivered: Tenga, Japan’s top adult brand, has blasted off to the edge of space! The whole launch of the Tenga Rocket — part of the Space Tenga project implemented with such partners as entrepreneur Takafumi Horie — was broadcast live online. The MOMO6 rocket left terra firma…

We all know that if you want an anime girlfriend, you have plenty of options — not least, the incredible array of dakimakura body pillows and covers available in Japan. If you want to splash out some more, there are also blow-up dolls for every taste and preference. Of course, there are simpler delights, like…

Regular readers may remember the Upskirt Umbrella from a few years back, a form of rain protection that might just get you arrested. If you love a panchira upskirt view of a girl’s panties, you are in the right country. The latest verification of this comes from the mobile game Azur Lane, in which historical warships…

Up-and-coming actress Minami Hamabe is very much in the Emi Takei and Suzu and Alice Hirose “style” of celebrity: admired for her sweet girl-next-door purity. Of course, that doesn’t mean she’s not a human being with an adult body. As a 21-year-old, she has needs and it would be natural for her to have boyfriends….

We recently wrote about Kana Kurashina’s incredible semi-nude Anan magazine shoot. It reminded us yet again what a great magazine it is: nominally a fashion and lifestyle publication for women, it’s regular sex-themed issues and provocative cover shoots with established models and female actors have continued to grab attention (and seriously boost the careers of…

Japan’s new environment minister likes big breasts. Well, who doesn’t? But when you’re a politician, you should perhaps take more care with what information you make public. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, though, either doesn’t mind the world knowing his tastes or doesn’t understand how Twitter works. Because people have spotted that the 67-year-old, who is married with…

Former AKB48 member Minami Takahashi, who got married in May 2019 on the first day of the Reiwa era, has revealed that she doesn’t like kissing her husband. This hardly sounds promising for their nuptial bliss, but the reason is pretty understandable. As the 30-year-old shared with the whole nation on a recently broadcast TV…

Golf has long been big in Japan, though it’s still mainly a man’s sport. The recent rise of female golfers have leveled the playing field somewhat — not to mention made stars (and sex symbols) of certain players like Hinako Shibuno. Following swiftly on from the sexy shoot by fellow golfer (and thirtysomething jukujo) Makoto…