Cute and kinky. Those two words sum up so much about the Japanese erotic. Hajime Kinoko is one of Japan’s most famous shibari (aka kinbaku) rope bondage artists. We once visited his BDSM bar in Ueno, only for it later to be raided and shut down by police. Kinoko Hajime was himself arrested, though he…

Karaoke is a way of life in Japan. You can’t expect a gathering of friends not to end sometimes with a trip to a dark karaoke box for a sing-song. We also know from experience karaoke rooms are great places to “seal the deal” on a date. But we didn’t know that you could have…

It’s good news for naturists and nudists as Japan’s first “naked restaurant” is set to open in Tokyo in July. However, it’s bad news if you’ve been to one too many restaurants yourself: overweight patrons are banned! Naturally, this being Japan, such a draconian rule need not actually exclude much of the demographic. The classically…

A company president of a Japanese AV talent agency has been arrested for allegedly forcing a woman to appear in pornography. It was learnt on June 11th that Marks Japan was raided by cops and three of its employees arrested. Police also raided other related businesses, including two production companies. The allegations stem from a…

Tokyo Kinky was there on Sunday, loyally lining up in Akihabara for what had been touted as Japan’s first ever adult virtual reality event. But all was in vain. We had our suspicions about the event, given how shoddy the event’s website was. Still, word had obvious got out — that and how virtual reality…

The recent interest in Japanese AV performers’ labor and human rights continues to develop. It’s one of the big stories of the year so far. Following the arrest mere days ago of a porn performer agency for forcing its roster of women to appear in porn and other recent developments like a damning report and…

As we know, virtual reality is big right now and that includes for the adult market. This isn’t from the recent Adult VR Festa but the geeks and tech event, Niconico Chokaigi 2016, held in April, but we were saving it until now. Strictly speaking, we think this was developed for people who work in…

A woman who fell asleep on a train woke up to find herself abducted and trapped in the home of a man she did not know. The 28-year-old company employee from Adachi ward in east Tokyo was allegedly confined between June 4th and June 5th after she fell asleep on a train. The suspect is…

Back when Mariya Nagao was one of the members of AKB48, we already took something of a liking to her. But it is since leaving the (faltering) group that she has shined, stripping off to reveal her perfect bikini butt and body. As we have discussed before, Japanese TV is a tame entity, though livened…

Yoshiwara was the main red-light district (yukaku) in Edo, the old name for Tokyo. Its legacy continues to resonate today: the area remains full of soaplands and prostitutes, and other parts of the east of the city, such as Ueno, Nippori and Akihabara, are also centers of cheap sex. That being said, Yoshiwara is gentrifying…