The gentrification of Kabukicho, which has turned the main strip and square into a cleaner, more tourist-friendly place, has not changed the fundamental nature of the district. Just turn a corner and you’ll find blowjob parlors and host or hostess clubs galore, not to mention Shinjuku’s massive love hotel area right behind. The dark side…

Have you ever wondered what that sex position is called in Japanese? This could be for purely academic reasons, of course, if you are a bit of a linguist. Maybe you just like having random knowledge in your arsenal. Or it could be for that time when you need to explain to your Japanese partner…

We recently wrote about the frankly shocking papakatsu compensated dating fraud perpetuated by a woman to fund her trips to host clubs. It shows many things, not least the extraordinary lengths some women will go to to feed their addiction to host clubs. This issue has drawn attention of late, with host clubs seen as…

Under Japan’s current laws, it is illegal to produce and distribute child pornography. However, politicians are looking to toughen this up by making it illegal also top possess child porn. Japan is one of the few major industrialized nations not to have a law against this. However, the new law will not include comic book…

The first major exhibition in Tokyo or Japan of shunga has finally opened. Shunga Exhibition has started at the Eisei Bunko Museum in Bunkyo-ku. Celebrating the prints that were essentially Japan’s first erotic art and pornography, as we reported earlier in the year this is a first for Japan because of the traditional interpretation of…

What seemed to be a one-off by a former SKE48 that proved such a hit it developed into a longer porn career, and Momona Kito (now performing under the name Yua Mikami) has morphed into a fully fledged AV star. Her new-found confidence and sass is obvious if you compare her rather timid first appearance…

Everyone’s favorite celebrant of small Japanese busts is back with more of the same, though that’s very much a good thing. Lingerie designer Gomi Hayakawa’s latest addition to her “feast” series is feast secret. And man, we hope these don’t stay a secret for long when they make willowy and slender Japanese girls look as…

There’s surely a PhD thesis or two waiting to be written on Japanese adult video and parody. The local porn industry seems just so good at exploiting cultural products or social incidents, turning them into funny yet effective AV — and also doing this quickly. The Japanese zombie comedy horror film One Cut of the…

Horny otaku in Akihabara will have to go somewhere else for their kicks — because they can no longer stand on the street and admire buxom anime ladies. Perhaps in another sign that Tokyo is becoming less tolerant, not least as the behemoth of 2020 looms large, a billboard in the gaming and anime subculture…

We recently wrote about the various ways that the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the adult industry in Japan. While certain prostitution services are attempting to exploit the crisis for its marketing potential, the plight of hostesses is gaining attention. Kabukicho, where many hostess clubs are located, has been identified as one of the probable causes…