In Japan toilets are very special places. They can either be somewhere terrifying — the old style of public lavatory resembles a kind of hole in the ground which you squat over — or bewildering — in particular, the hi-tech electronic ones with heated seats, dozens of buttons and even voices that talk to you….

The case of an Asakusa man who disappeared at the hands of three loan sharks has just got stranger. It now seems that the three first dismembered the man and then cooked him as a curry in Niigata, north Japan. The victim, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, was running an eatery in Asakusa, the touristy “old town” in…

Japanese women can be sexy, no matter how “old” they are. Like a fine wine, a bit of maturity adds class, experience and distinction to the mix. Often popular with older fans, jukujo are MILF hotties and currently it’s a boom on the local porn scene. One beneficiary of the popularity is Maki Hokujo Hojo,…

A 21-year-old male student at Kyoto’s prestigious Doshisha University has been arrested for attempting to rape a 22-year-old aethetician on her way home in Japan’s old capital. Takahisa Taira boldly propositioned her one night on the street in early August but did not stop at no, instead forcing her back physically to his place. Not…

Ever fancied living in a Tokyo love hotel? One company, Tokyo Style CC, offers you the chance! We just spotted this story over on the blog JapanTrends.com. Tokyo Style CC has converted a small, tucked-away love hotel in east Tokyo into a customized, designer set of apartments. Although Shibuya and its love hotel hill are…

Is Soft on Demand one of the most interesting companies in Japan or what? On top of being the top producer of Japanese porn, the brand also makes and sells all kinds of products like fantastic gels and lubes, sex supplements, and mobile mini vibrators. SOD is actually a big group, with many JAV porn…

Our peers at fellow erotic blog Tokyo Reporter recently posted an interesting extract from a Japanese tabloid where a lady with a ten-year career in cleaning love hotels recounts some curious episodes. “Once in a room I found an A4 size notebook left behind by a customer. It contained a written exchange between a man…

Little BSD, a cosplay izakaya in Akihabara, has been offering blue-colored yaki soba at Moe1 Grand Prix, a moe character regional development event. Although they are careful not to use the name, it’s fairly obvious from the coloring (and the cosplay costume of the staff!) that this is an attempt to be an unofficial Hatsune…

Remember how we posted a few weeks back about the awesome Orient Industry love doll photo contest? In the competition, the proud owners of Japan’s best high-grade silicone sex dolls were asked to take loving portraits of their companions and submit them to the judges. Well, the winners have been announced. The overall winner is…

Underworld investigative blogger Tokyo Reporter has shared a story about the arrest of three Yakuza gangsters on suspicion of introducing a 17-year-old girl to men for sex at love hotels in the Kabukicho red-light this March. According to police, the teenage girl ran away from home in February. While walking through the streets of Kabukicho,…