Japan is well-known for having lots of modern “religious” groups (shinshukyo), organizations that are registered as religions and pay none of the nation’s hefty corporation tax. Most are kind of vague spin-offs of Buddhism but spend most of their time dabbling in business, such as schools, baseball teams, golf clubs, real estate, health insurance and…

Is Tenga the most interesting adult company in the world or what? From photography exhibitions to design projects, they dabble their hand in just about anything, whether it has a direct correlation with sales or the adult industry, or not. They seem just to care about working with interesting people, rather than always pursuing only…

Tattoos in Japan, for various complicated reasons, tend to be associated with the Yakuza. To be fair, lots of gangsters have them but that of course doesn’t mean that any girl or guy with a bit of ink on their body is in the mafia. Well, following a case where a childcare worker apparently displayed…

We all like the sleek and slender legs of Japanese girls, right? Especially if they are wrapped around your backside while you are plunging deep inside lady! Bikyaku (“beautiful legs”) is a constant topic in fashion too, with women’s magazines frequently celebrating models with long, thin legs and giving tips on how to achieve the…

The Japanese summer… fireworks, festivals, beach parties, yukata kimono… You can’t experience the dog days properly in Japan without attending at least one matsuri festival or Awaodori dance festival. There is always lots of drumming, music, processions, stalls… and of course hot girls! Source link

At the recent World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japanese cosplayers were among the winners Held annually since 2003 and featuring cosplayers from 20 countries worldwide, some 18,000 people came to see the event. This year’s overall winners were Yukari Shimotsuki and kaito, both dressed as characters from the Hakuoki series. Source link

The end of the year might still be months away but the merchandising machine knows no time limits for AKB48, whose new official 2013 calendar promises to include “god panties”. Needless to say, these are not real Japanese used panties but some sort of strange underwear advertised as both “eco” and “erotic”. They are even…

Regular readers will know how we adore Japanese sex dolls, aka “real love dolls”, especially the luxury models made by Orient Industry, such as the now classic Candy Girl series. Ten years ago it was completely different really, but the web has helped legitimize the erotic art of 100% silicone love dolls. We wanted to…

Good ol’ Osaka, ever the dirtier, less noble metropolis compared to Tokyo. Remember this is the city that gave Japan the cup of instant noodles AND no-panties cafes! Take the case of a certain Mr. Yamaoka, a simple 37-year old guy who just happens to have an addictive fetish for stealing women’s panties. Yes, what…

As we blogged back in December 2011, Masato Uchishiba (34), the judo champion who won two gold medals for Japan at Athens and Beijing Olympics, saw the final nail hammered into the coffin of his career recently when he was jailed for five years for rape. He was charged with sexually assaulting a teenager, a…