Miho Kanno, the much-loved actress and model, has announced she is getting married to fellow actor Masato Sakai. They have apparently only been dating for three months but I guess, with Miho at 35 and he at 39, they know it’s now or never! Miho became famous very young and was also a singer in…

They might have chunkier thighs and muscular arms, but a new generation of Japanese women’s volleyball players is winning hordes of fans. A million miles from the non-sporty bodies of AKB48’s minions, nonetheless these girls are cute, erotic and homely. We like! Related Posts Japan’s female volleyball sports players are too hot to watch the…

There are people with smell fetishes everywhere and we are not sure if there are more in Japan — or whether the Japanese are simply much better at integrating their fetishes into products and social structures. Either way, you can find a ton of pretty amazing smell fetish goods out there. We went shopping… Japanese…

…if these pictures are to believed, showing a group of high school students engaged in some very well-orchestrated recreations of Dragon Ball powers. And it’s not just the girls… So, if you are thinking of trying to seduce a Japanese high school girl, be careful! Related Posts Ketsu Bat Girl: Japanese girls in Niigata City…

The movie of the bizarre manga Hentai Kamen, about a hero who wears panties on his face, has released a suitably odd trailer. Apparently Hentai Kamen’s groin has the potential to block phone signals, obstruct camera lens and even blaze light to punish the selfish members of the audience. It is actually a parody of…

The car in front is a Toyota. Really? Yes, Toyota has proved that otaku are valuable members of its customer base by creating an itasha decorated vehicle especially for the Anime Contents Expo 2013. The itasha car is available for both the Prius and Vitz models, and has been customized with images from the Girls…

That’s what the results of a survey would have us believe. It surveyed 3,616 men and women aged 20 to 49 around Japan on the theme of marriage and children online in early February. 30% of men in both their twenties and thirties answered that they had never had sex or been in a relationship….

You may have heard a lot about instant messaging app LINE over the last two years. It is meant to be the most rapidly rising and exciting social service in Japan and other parts of Asia. Well, it’s not just about chatting and sharing cute virtual stickers. When you have 100 million users, you can…

The upcoming AKB48 General Election is proving an odd event, with lots of surprising choices. Tomomi Itano, who has announced her graduation from AKB48, is nonetheless appearing in the election. Two other members who are pursuing solo projects and are very likely to graduate soon — e.g. Haruna Kojima, Minami Takahashi — are also taking…

Parks are not just for strolling around in. Unlike other cities, Tokyo’s parks are open all night. Photographer Kohei Yoshiyuki used to visit Chuo Park in the early Seventies and search for goings-on in the dark. At the time, it was common for couples to go the park to have sex. But that alone wasn’t…