“Vagina artist” Megumi Igarashi (aka Rokudenashiko) has announced she will marry British rock musician Mike Scott of the Waterboys. Igarashi (44) will marry Scott (57), who is popular in Japan and also composed a song, “ROK ROK ROKUDENASHIKO,” for Igarashi in 2015. We actually saw Igarashi once at an event and she was attending it…

What are the dark secrets of the entertainment industry in Japan? Here is our subjective list. 1: Sex Despite the control exerted by talent agencies over idols’ private lives (who they can and cannot date, or in the case of some groups, not letting them date or have sex at all), the truth is that…

So-called “vagina artist” Rokudenashiko has been found guilty and convicted of a charge of obscenity, and ordered to pay a fee of ¥400,000 (around $3,700). Rokudenashiko (“good-for-nothing girl”), whose real name is Megumi Igarashi and whose first manga book has just been released in English, was first arrested in July 2014 for distributing data that…

The 2016 Tokyo Rainbow Pride (TRP) march was held on May 8th and with other events all weekend long celebrating sexual minorities. On the Sunday some 5,000 LGBT people and supporters walked between Harajuku and Shibuya, accompanied by 18 floats — the most ever in the history of TRP. The event was centered on Yoyogi…

Imagine being so desperate for a boyfriend that you turn to crowd funding to hunt for one? Yes, you open up yourself to the perils of the internet to provide that special one and even fund your date. Tomoko Takebe is one such person. This lonely single Japanese lady is 178cm tall, which apparently makes…

Japan’s best-known adult brand, Tenga, has once again inspired some nice cosplay. There’s something about the vibrant colors and naughtiness of the Tenga onacup that seems to capture people’s imaginatinon, from porn star Mana Sakura to ordinary costumers on the streets during Halloween. This time it’s Minami Iida (aka Gohan-chan) who has transformed herself into…

How to solve a problem like a hotel shortage? Simple. Convert love hotels. After all, if media reports are to be believed, Japan is sexless and the love hotels are not being used by couples, but rather ordinary businessmen. Tokyo is currently experiencing a massive tourist boom and it has led to numerous new hotels…

Anyone interested in Japanese sex dolls, love hotels and sex museums (hihokan) should check out this upcoming exhibition by photographer Kyoichi Tsuzuki. Kyoichi Tsuzuki is famous for his photo-books that examine the seedier elements of Japan, such as Tokyo Right Half, Love Hotel: Satellite of Love, and Hihokan. His most popular book is perhaps Tokyo…

Former AKB48 idol Minami Takahashi may well be 25 years old and no longer tied to the group’s (fake and probably illegal) rules against dating. But that hasn’t stopped the outrage when she was spotted out on a date with an employee of an IT company, who is 15 years her senior. She graduated AKB48…

Do you like them older? They don’t get much older and sultrier than Seiko Matsuda. The singer and Japan’s greatest jukujo (MILF) has been married three times and continues to raise eyebrows even as her flower gets riper and riper. She has been showing off her glamorous bust for the lingerie maker Triumph in a…