You may never have heard of Marie Tachibana, but pretty much everyone in Kabukicho seems to have heard of her. Perhaps the first thing to remark about her is that she is biracial (her father is American). The second is that she comes from a Christian family (that father was a missionary) — and a…

Public toilets in Japan are sometimes surprisingly exposed, especially the male ones in parks. Instead of an actual door, there’s just an open doorway. The windows are often low. A casual passerby is frequently able to peep in and see men relieving themselves. And if you’re lucky, you might see some scenes like this. We…

A new survey has found that an increasing number of people in Japan aged 18-34 don’t expect to get married. The results of the government-affiliated National Institute of Population and Social Security’s 2021 survey of 7,862 people, published earlier this month, show that 17.3% of men and 14.6% of women aged between 18 and 34…

Japan, the land of countless otaku, all passionate about a niche fandom. Also Japan, the land of a thousand fetishes — including some you didn’t know existed. Like the humble raincoat. Sure, latex-style clothing is a must for bondage fans. Who doesn’t love the look and feel of tight rubber gear on a sexy body?…

Sometimes, like a knight errant, you come across strange and exciting things in the wild. Like a Tenga masturbation toy washed up on a beach. Like porn magazines piled up with household newspapers on garbage collection day — or even dumped in a public park. Or panties that have blown away in a typhoon. But…

Splatoon streaming and virtual YouTubers are both big in Japan. What happens when they get together? A whole lot of craziness, it seems. Some streamers are facing a backlash from players worried that Nintendo might ban all Splatoon livestreams after VTuber Kikaze Kimiko and others modded their games to show an adult video while they…

OK, our headline is a bit deceptive, but the gist is essentially true. It’s been years in the offing and it might finally be happening: the law forbidding women from remarrying after a divorce is going to change. Currently, a woman in Japan is legally unable to remarry straight after a divorce. She has to…

At professional baseball games in Japan, like in the United States, it is common to invite a celebrity to make a ceremonial first pitch. We remember some minor controversy a few years ago when a very scantily clad Mitsu Dan was asked to do this duty. In Taiwan, though, they do things differently. At the…

Sometimes we see something that makes us feel a bit nostalgic — and a bit old! Rika Adachi (足立梨花) was one of our favorite gravure idols about a decade ago, mainly for her nice butt. She made it onto our now-legendary list of “Japanese babes with great asses.” To be honest, we haven’t followed all…

Managers at Universal Studios Japan are clutching their pearls at the risqué costumes that some patrons are wearing. The coronavirus pandemic was almost the nail in Japan’s Halloween street cosplay coffin: the pandemic years saw the numbers of people gathering for street parties in crazy costumes (often bearing no relation to Halloween) drop dramatically. Now…