Some ladies on Twitter have amused us by trying to copy an anime character. Well, there’s absolutely nothing new about that. But this is cosplay with a particular focus on one body part — one of our favorites. The girls attempted to copy Hestia from DanMachi (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls…

Go into a kiosk in a station on the Tokyo Metro subway system and take a look at the drinks. There’s always a colorful selection of beverages. But perhaps none quite so colorful as this. In fact, the energy drink is proving so popular you may not even be able to find a can of…

Japan, sometimes you defeat even us. We love all its kinkiness and its vibrant sex scene, and we deplore the hypocrisy of the establishment that puts people like Megumi Igarashi on trial or who censor gay art. We’ve seen a lot of Japanese porn — perhaps too much. Surely nothing can take us by surprise…

Larger ladies can be cute. Though few and far between in Japan, some degree of love handles come in very handy (literally) and make a nice contrast to the chopping-board flatness of many women. Despite the lack, there is demand. We’ve even seen foreigners who deliberately wanted larger local ladies. There are chubby girl idols,…

Japanese politics can be a dull affair. That’s why when a candidate puts himself forward for consideration by the voting public in all his naked glory, people take notice. Teruki Goto is standing in the April 26 Chiyoda ward assembly elections in central Tokyo. His campaign poster features his posing naked against a backdrop of…

Japan’s most high-profile lesbian couple held a “wedding ceremony” on April 19th to celebrate their union. The ceremony is literally just ceremonial, since gay people are not allowed to get married in Japan. Ex-Gravure model and television personality Ayaka Ichinose (34) and actress Akane Sugimori (28) announced their “marriage” in December last year and have…

As we know, religion in Japan is traditionally not conservative or moralistic about sex. Just look at the Shinto fertility festivals for a perfect example. Shinto is full of raucous, erotic gods. The islands of Japan itself are said in mythology to have been formed out of sexual union between Izanagi and Izanami. Shrines apparently…

We love to follow the developments of Japanese lingerie brands as ersatz soft-core porn. The best are Ravijour and Peach John. After all, no lingerie brand that invents something that stops men from unhooking a bra if they are not the right guy for you has got to have a nice sense of humor. But…

Tenga has a habit of turning up in unusual places. From the garbage on a beach to a Buddhist temple, a business card holder, and even once in the home of comedian Tomonori Jinnai when accidentally shown on a TV show. Back in 2012 some people stumbled upon this Tenga Egg vending machine in Nakano…

7.6% of people in Japan are gay, lesbian or have gender identity disorder. That’s according to a Dentsu survey published in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper on April 24th (and that’s also the sway they word the “groupings” too). It equates to 1 in 13 people. The results were released on April 23rd. They were conducted…