We’ve long been talking about the apparent imminent demise of fake deai-kei (“encounter”) websites, which promise liaisons with members of the opposite sex but seem mostly just to take your money. There seem to be new cases of fake sites appearing in the news every few weeks. Surely, with such bad publicity, people will just…

da fuck, a project by French musician Marc Durand, has created an album featuring only sounds taken from the porn catalogue of AV star Mihane Yuuki (aka Mihane Yuki). Literally “not one external sound” was used for the album 美羽ゆうきに、僕のすべての愛敬。 (All my love for Mihane Yuuki.). Actually, it’s not what you think. If you’re expecting…

Let this be a warning to all aspiring adult entrepreneurs out there. The manager of an Osaka restaurant has been arrested for making and selling pornographic DVDs from an apartment. Shoji Matsumoto (46) sold 46 DVDs to a Saitama man in his forties for ¥7,000 ($58) in July. Matsumoto started a website to sell his…

Every year lots of wacky and sometimes awesome tech gets showcased at CEATEC, the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, at Makuhari Messe. This year we had laundry-folding robots, among other projects. ROHM Semiconductor and Techmac presented the Tokimeki Sensor, which can apparently identify the exact moment someone falls in love. Optical sensors are able to…

Rie Miyazawa’s photo book Santa Fe came out in 1991, making the hair nude photo-book genre very famous. Santa Fe was a huge hit for Rie Miyazawa and photographer Kishin Shinoyama. It then became popular for young stars to announce their maturity through hair nude shoots — plus a way to relaunch their career, as…

Dekopin Bijo: flicking the forehead of a hot girl. While that may not be top of the list of priorities for most people, it’s a big enough “thing” in Japan for it to have its own website. There are a choice of four cuties to choose from. Which lady do you want to attack on…

It seems whenever the western media wants something saucy, they make an article or video about Japanese hostesses. Vice did a 24-hours-in-the-life-of video of a “high-class hostess” last year. Now the BBC has jumped in with this interview with a Kabukicho hostess. As a hostess at a club in Shinjuku Kabuki-cho, Emiri Aizawa, 27, pours…

The start of the shunga exhibition in Tokyo, the first major public event of historical erotic prints, has, not surprisingly, tested the boundaries of what is legally permitted and what is “morally” acceptable. While the September issue of venerable art magazine Bijutsu Techo featured shunga, as well as a dialogue between two women who really…

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…

You see?! Japanese cross-dressing is so rampant that even mainstream corporations sing its praises in their marketing campaigns. Showing how the otoko no ko “male daughter” subculture is something to admire rather than be repelled by, cosmetics maker Shiseido has released a video promoting the benefits of the brand’s make-up. In fact, Shiseido’s cosmetics are…