It’s become something of an annual tradition: November 8th is Ii Oppai no Hi (Nice Breasts Day), at least according to the Japanese Twittersphere.

Cue lots of lovely pictures of bust shared by gravure models and AV idols.

Here is porn star Kirara Asuka.

And top gravure idol (usually known for her wonderful rear) Yuka Kuramochi.

Next up, appropriately busty gravure idol Jun Amaki.

And the more subtle beauty of Sakura Nanase.

Finally, here’s Eri Kitami, really showing how to flaunt what you’ve got.

The photographer Sakiko Nomura has a new exhibition at Ba-Tsu Art Gallery in Harajuku showcasing the beauty of Japanese AV actors.

During the 1990s, Sakiko Nomura trained with Nobuyoshi Araki, who knows a thing or two about erotic photography.

As we know, male porn performers are in short supply in Japan and so deserve our admiration for doing what must be a tough job. Yeah, having sex with hundreds of hot women a month for money. We really sympathize.

But seriously, the photography looks great. There’s certainly a homoerotic overtone. And it gets even more fun when we consider that Nomura was born in the 1960s, so was lusting over the handsome bodies of much younger men.

Nomura photographed the six male performers over three days. The models were Ittetsu Suzuki, Yoshihiko Arima, Shota Kirano, Haruto Asai, Kohei Maeda, and Keita Asou. (Somewhat surprisingly the ubiquitous Shimiken is not included.)

The show, “Gan”, runs from November 11th to November 13th. Admission costs ¥540. There is also a photo book on sale at the venue.

Just when you think Japanese AV cannot get any weirder. Just when you think they’ve come up with all the outlandish scenarios imaginable. Along comes another one to set your mind blazing at the crazy erotic possibilities.

The folks behind this concept deserve some sort of award, because this is awesome.

We all liked to play on jungle gyms when we were kids. But what about a vibrator jungle gym?

As the name suggests, this is a jungle gym constructed entirely out of massager wand-style vibrators (called a denma in Japan) — 250 of them, to be precise. That’s a lot of buzzing.

Though the actresses are above age, they are clearly made to look like young girls (preschoolers, even?) who are forced to play on this most adult of climbing frames. And then they get interrupted by a couple of horny men. Hmm… controversial.

This is actually an old AV, a release from the studio Rocket dating back to 2011. But once you’ve seen it, you’ll never look at a playground in the same way.

The AV has recently become something of a talking point among Japanese netizens because jungle gyms have been in the news again, for all the wrong reasons. Tragically a young child died at an event in Tokyo when a wooden jungle gym caught fire.

We’ve not sure how available this AV is, but if you’re interested you could contact Kanojo Toys to procure you a copy.

A potential scandal threatens to engulf idol group NGT48, the Niigata spin-off of AKB48… or it may just blow over.

This time it involves cute idol Maho Yamaguchi, the 21-year-old 1st generation-member of the group.

During a live streaming session on the online platform Showroom on November 13th, she is accused of having sex with a boyfriend.

This has been denied by her management, though even they admit that Yamaguchi’s decision to lie down on a bed and speak to the camera was poor judgment and likely to give the wrong impression.

In the video, which is now circulating freely on YouTube, you can hear strange panting and see Yamaguchi’s body seemingly being moved by thrusts as her words become harder to hear.

The NGT48 management is moving fast to delete all the videos so enjoy it while you can.

Personally we’ve not convinced that is a genuine hamedori sex tape. If you watch longer footage of the video it seems to be pretty innocuous.

Former AKB48 idol Satomi Kaneko has joined the growing ranks of idols who have graduated onto “sexier” and more revealing careers.

She has stopped short of doing actual porn yet her new gravure DVD (released on October 21st) is very explicit, full of close-up shots of her shaved you-know-what area.

Netizens are eagerly parsing the images to see if you can see her pussy hair. (You can’t, but it’s a close thing.)

The 26-year-old with the F-cup left her AKB career behind in 2007, since when she has turned to shedding her clothes to maintain an income.

And very nicely she does this, too. Wearing a traditional fundoshi over a paipan pussy is certainly one way to keep yourself on people’s radars.

Next stop, a visit to the offices of porn label Muteki?

Tenga continues to try new things.

After wowing the world with its bestselling onacups series, Tenga Eggs, Flip Hole and a host of other male masturbatory aids, it then turned to sex toys for couples and several stylish vibrators for women.

Heck, it’s even tried its skilful hand at making designer condoms and a “sperm viewer”.

So should we be surprised by this new development? Well, maybe. Because it’s not every adult brand that makes a drink.

Okay, this isn’t an ordinary beverage, natch. Tenga’s latest product is a “sexual energy drink” in the style of the sports jelly items you can buy from any drug store or convenience store in Japan.

We have no scientific proof how the Tenga Men’s Charge works but it’s got to be worth a try, right?

After all, it contains arginine, citrulline, and zinc yeast — a total of 18 components.

These combine to give your body a boost in the sack whenever you need it.

Do you love panties? Do you want to hold panties?

If you answered yes to the two questions above, you may well want to have a go at playing Pan Pan, a new game demo spotted on Steam Greenlight.

In it, you play someone who races around “punching” panties in an anime-like landscape.

In the words of the makers, Pan Pan “is a fast-paced battle game. Fly as a panty in a daily life street and in-between buildings. Search for the enemy panties and kick their bad ass!”

Check out the trailers below.

Pan Pan is a fast-paced battle game. Dash, dodge, high-speed battling and panties!

Dashing on the street, Warriors of Love along with panties, to save humans from the evil intention — and to save themselves from being transformed into panties!

A funny comedy full of panties, love and passion. Fierce collision between panties!

First things first: this is not Japanese.

Given the theme and style of the game, it would be absolutely natural to assume this is the latest in a very long line of games that play on panchira or panties fetish.

It’s actually developed by Animugame, a Taiwanese anime and game community.

Currently available language versions of the game include Chinese, English and Japanese.

We love the disclaimer the makers wrote: “Warning! NO hentai contents in this game! All you got is funny and stupid panties!”

The game is only available as a PC or Mac demo on Steam but surely a full release is an inevitability.

The latest Japanese girl on Twitter with a penchant for sharing her nude selfies has seduced social media with alluring images of her body veiled in a sexy, see-through baby doll black lingerie slip.

This nymphomaniac Japanese college student then she produces her new toy: a pink vibrator with which she starts to buzz her you-know-what.

Don’t worry, she is generous enough to take off her lingerie and give us an obstructed view of her generous bust and curves, not to mention a close-up selfie of her nicely trimmed pussy.

It all gets too much for her and she ends up soaking the floor with her juices.

Of course, beady-eyed readers will spot that the vibe she is so eagerly using is the Fairy (the mini version if we are correct, a series of denma massager wand-style vibrators that is something of a staple.

Before you ask, sadly her social media account is unknown but we can dream that she might one day follow us.

Our new lust this month is the model Eriko Sato.

Eriko has posed nude in a butt-revealing series of shots for a new photo book.

First off, this is not the Eriko Sato we already know and love. She’s now apparently given up her acting and modeling career for the joys of interracial marriage.

This Eriko Sato (different kanji, by the way) is a 26-year-old race queen and gravure idol who released her first photo book in late October. “Shiriaitai” is all about her butt, and it’s easy to see why they went for that theme. The other Eriko Sato never went this far, more’s the pity.

Still, if she really wants to succeed, she should probably change her professional name or she will always be compared to the other Eriko Sato. And then there’s Erika Sato, a porn star. Okay, this is getting confusing. Let’s just concentrate on that butt and forget about names for a while.

The latest nude selfie princess to make the rounds on the Japanese internet is this stunning college student whose penchant is nice lingerie and subtle masturbation.

As if her perfect nipples and voluptuous thighs weren’t enough, she is more than keen to play with some adult toys and mirrors to spice things up.

She does have a habit of censoring her pussy with cute pictures of animals, but with curves and a back as good as this, we can forgive her.

She seems to have practiced hard at how to slide a thong off in the best way. Perhaps she has a part-time job as a stripper? Well, she should do.

And if her selfies are anything to go by, she seems to be keen on some anal action, too.

How do you get people to have safe sex? Well, don’t trust the guys to fulfil their end of the bargain, it seems. Instead, get the girls to insist on protection. And communicate to them using their favorite manga characters.

That seems to be the logic behind the latest safe sex campaign in the sexually transmitted infection heaven that is Japan.

Sailor Moon, the manga and anime series popular with girls and young women, has inspired its own series of contraception.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has launched a campaign fronted by Naoko Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon heroines to combat the spread of STDs, particularly syphilis, cases of which has increased four times since 2010. Women in their twenties are especially at risk.

The ministry has created 5,000 A2-sized posters, 156,000 A4-sized leaflets, and around 60,000 condoms. The latter come in cute, heart-shaped packaging with safe sex and STD/STI testing information.

These will be distributed to lucky (and eager) 20-year-olds at the coming-of-age ceremony in January by local authorities around Japan. Of course, officially these young boys and girls aren’t having sex before 20…

The poster says: “I’ll punish you if you don’t get tested!” This plays on the well-known Sailor Moon catchphrase, “In the name of the moon I will punish you.”

What a lucky guy.

Yes, here’s a little story to get your envy juices flowing at full speed.

The actress Miki Nakatani has been spotted out on a date in Nishi-Azabu with a foreign man. The picture is now making the rounds of gossip and tabloid sites.

Nakatani, who is apparently fluent in English (and speaks some French and Italian, to boot), is unmarried and regarded as one of the most desirable women of her generation.

She was snapped walking with her arm around the body of an unknown gaijin, talking together in English, before they retired to her luxury condo in the area for the night.

The man is reported to be Thilo Fechner, a 48-year-old viola player with the Vienna Philharmonic. He and Nakatani have been dating for around a month.

Nishi-Azabu is known for its rich demographic, including many foreigners. Nakatani previously dated the actor Atsuro Watabe for 15 years, but they broke up last year.

Last year we wrote breathlessly about Cyberjapan Dancers, Tokyo’s hottest go-go dancers.

We are very happy to report that the group has gone from strength to strength, continuing to make appearances in the media and accrue fame. And with bodies like theirs, it’s not really very hard to see why these ladies are attracting attention.

2016 has been a bumper year for the roughly 25 girls who make up the Cyberjapan Dancers. They have been releasing DVDs, appearing in commercials, and performing at major nightclubs in Tokyo and elsewhere. They currently have well over 500,000 fans on Facebook. Heck, they even have a 2017 calendar on sale now.

We wanted to share some of the hottest private pictures of the dancers. Here are their selfies that provide a privileged glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes. Just imagine what the after-show parties are like!

At the Japan Adult Expo 2016 on November 10th-11th, around 4,000 people attended, including many Japanese AV fans from other parts of Asia.

Held for the third time, the event features 200 AV makers and studios, and offers a great opportunity for fans to get close to their adult idols.

At the booth for Aroma Kikaku, which specializes in fetishes, Hibiki Otsuki was there to welcome fans.

KMP had the likes of Ayaka Tomoda and friends were on hand to pose for pictures.

Echoing the biggest adult trend of the year, Total Media Agency (TMA) — despite the name, it’s actually an adult studio — had a booth featuring adult virtual reality experiences with Kurea Hasumi and Rei Mizuna.

At the entrance you could also see up-close the legendary SOD “magic mirror truck”, fitted with one-way glass and used to film so many awesome porn releases.

How many of the stars do you recognize in these clips?

Meanwhile at AV Open 2016, held inside the JAE venue, former gravure idol and now top porn star Shoko Takahashi won the ¥1.5 million grand prix and six other awards.

In a year frequently overshadowed by controversy and arrests due to accusations of coercion in the porn. industry, it was nice to see it end well for the lady who only made her debut a few months ago.

The Japanese porn industry is in trouble.　

While we might spend much of our time on this blog singing its praises, the truth is this has been a bad year, full of accusations of coercion and trafficking of female performers.

We always knew it went on, especially towards the bottom end of the industry. Needless to say, the links between organized crime in Japan and other sections of society, such as big business, politics and mainstream entertainment, are well documented, and the idol and porn scenes are similarly connected.

These are social problems, though. What about financial ones. The porn barons have those, too.

And while the AV industry is constantly at war with pirating and online portals, the changes to the way we consume things have affected the market.

In the last five years, the “adult digital contents market” (which includes both AV releases and eroge, or adult video games) fell by 15% in five years. That’s according to Yano Research, who compared the size of the market in 2010 (over ¥80 billion) with 2014 (just over ¥70 billion).

Less income means less money for production and promotion, which means the already poorly bad minor performers get less (no doubt increasing their shifts spent moonlighting as hostesses and prostitutes) while the big names will be less attracted to enter the industry as the appearance fees become less generous.

What can we do to help? Well, perhaps buy a DVD?

The immensely successful “Futomomo” girls’ thighs fetish photography series is back.

After its previous incarnations in Tokyo attracted over 20,000 visitors, “World of Thighs” returns to Todays Gallery Studio in Asakusabashi from December 16th to January 22nd (closed December 31st to January 4th).

This time there is a “hot spring” (onsen) theme. (Springs are traditionally very erotic in Japan.)

It’s not hard to see why this exhibition has pulled in the punters.

As always, all the photographs by Yuria feature Japanese girls’ slender legs. There are over 500 exhibits, which should be enough for most fans.

Once again, there is also a “360-degree thighs space”, which was apparently a hit at the show in May.

Look out for the “thigh Christmas tree” with over 200 exhibits.

Admission is ¥500, but there’s free entry for kids aged three or under… so bring your kids!

Don’t think too much about what you are going to get your friends and relatives this Christmas? Worry about how you are going to sate those desires of yours and your partner(s).

Forget the bad TV or customary meals. We spend much of the holiday season looking forward to getting into a warm bed and releasing all our energies in the best possible way.

So here’s our ultimate adult Christmas (sexmas!) guide to help you do the same.

Our partner shop Kanojo Toys has selected a few products for couples, men, and women, plus some examples of their awesome fetish items.

And if this is still not enough for your horny needs, check out their full range here.

Couple Play

Need to spice things up with your significant other(s)? Try the Human Toilet Shame Ryoujoku Stockings, Soapland Bath Sex Stool, Ryojoku Punishment Chair or Oshioki Punshment Sex Bed-Chair.

Want to go a bit softer because BDSM isn’t your thing? The Beeswax Oil Shibari Jute Rope is a fine beginner-level shibari (rope bondage) item while the Yobai Glowing Night Vibrator should light things up nicely. Finally, you could try this unique cock sleeve/extender to add some girth to your thrusts.

For Her

Sex toys are often, well, sexist: just focused on the guys. Japanese sex toys don’t have a great reputation for female-centric items but that has been changing, not least thanks to Tenga’s Iroha series.

Some other great vibrators you should definitely try include the Clitoral Hasami Vibrator (look out for the awesome “fingers”) and the Triple Bullet Pink Vibrator.

For dildos, you can go a bit controversial and try the First Experience Dildo Small Japanese Cock from Tama Toys, or opt for this bad boy.

Finally, when all else fails, there’s always a sex machine like the Lady’s SOM to power up the fun.

For Him

The list of great toys for the boys is endless, so we had serious trouble choosing.

For porn star clone toys, there’s nothing like the Kupaa Kirara Asuka Onahole to get you started.

In terms of sex machines, the Puchi SOM or the Men’s SOM Rocket Type are constant bestsellers.

Tenga continues to impress with new releases, such as the Premium Vacuum Cup.

Onaholes can seem familiar after a while, so get a blow-job one to change things up.

The hit dakimakura of the moment is the Tama Toys Insert Air Pillow and it’s easy to see why.

Vibrators are also not just for girls, as this prostate vibe proves very well.

And if you want to enhance your size to enhance your pleasure, try this penis pump.

Extraordinary Gifts

If you can afford to splash out into high three-digit figures or even four digits, there’s plenty to tempt you.

First up, it’s a no-brainer: Real Body Julia, based on the adult video star of the same name.

While everyone knows and admires Orient Industry’s silicone sex dolls, recently the adult retailer Manzoku has been producing their own range with incredible results. Start with the Manzoku Body Luxury Sex Doll MSD029 or the Manzoku Body MSD047 Doll.

Fetish

Finally, if there’s one thing people associate with Japan it’s weird stuff. And that includes adult Japan too, from sex dolls to bukkake, cross-dressing, pregnancy porn, “underage” things, used panties and smell fetish.

If you are into breast milk or paizuri fetish, the Disgraceful Oppai Body Paizuri Breast Milk Fetish Onahole allows you to penetrate a toy and then make it “leak” breast milk out of the nipples.

More conventionally, if that’s the right word, you can try the Japanese Mother Lactating Breast Milk Lubricant or the Pregnant Wife Body Odor Fetish Bottle.

Into futanari? Then don’t miss the Futanari Museum Double Hole.

Mini dolls have become a thing in recent years, and the Libidoll and Dollho have won thousands of fans worldwide.

Cross-dressers or gender-curious should explore the Kanojo Toys range of otoko no ko items, which includes porn, costumes and even manicure sets.

Like shotacon? Try the Shota Vibrator.

More stereotypically, you can’t go wrong in terms of fetish toys with a Japanese smell fetish item (spray, lube or aroma liquid) or pair of used panties.

And when you’ve shot your load and the fun’s over, pick up the Tenga Men’s Loupe Sperm Viewer to see what all the fuss was for!

Now that is what we call celebrating Yuletide in style.

Remember Hikaru Toda?

She’s the filmmaker who produced a documentary about love hotels we featured in 2014.

Now the Osaka- and London-based Toda (who has lived abroad for over 20 years) and her production studio, Little Stranger Films, is working on a documentary, Of Love & Law, about Japan’s first LGBT law firm.

She has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $30,000 to finish the project.

This is a documentary for anyone that has ever found themselves challenging or being challenged by the status quo.

Of Love & Law tells the hidden stories of people who are silenced and made invisible by Japanese society and its laws. What are the risks of being yourself and being an outsider in your own country? Should love be ruled by laws that don’t represent you?

It centers on Fumi and Kazu, a real-life couple who run the first and only law firm in Japan set up by an openly gay couple.

The cases they cover in their Osaka law office include people who are not part of Japan’s koseki family register system and so have no official identity.

One of their major clients is the “vagina artist” Rokudenashiko, aka Megumi Igarashi, who has been battling the Japanese police and state over its outdated obscenity laws.

Here’s an early trailer of the film.

Sendy Ariani, an idol from JKT48, the Jakarta-based sister group spin-off from AKB48, was fired in November for “inappropriate” actions. As usual, AKS did not elaborate and kept the scandal shrouded in ambiguity, though it hardly takes a genius to spot the clues.

That was back in November. A few weeks later, some of the truth is coming out — namely in the form of leaked sex photos and a video allegedly showing Sendy Ariani enjoying herself with a male partner.

It looks quite a like her, but we can’t confirm these are real so let us know what you think…

To be precise, the images seem to show the aftermath of a fun time: bukkake all over her lovely chest. Quite a load there.

If you’re keen to see more or want to help us confirm the authenticity, you can see the video here. Update: people have been quick to point out that netizens have got this wrong: the pictures are not Sendy Ariani, but seem to show a Chinese couple.

Born in 1993, Sendy Ariani is 23 years old and the idea that her having sex should be a “scandal” could only pass muster in Japan and other parts of Asia.

The no-dating policies of AKB48 and its sister groups, and other idol groups, is legally dubious and morally hypocritical. While the girls — often still minors — are paraded and sold as sex objects for male fans, they are not allowed to do what any ordinary female their age should be doing.

Naturally this is a recipe for disaster, as the regular scandals indicate again and again.

Don’t worry, Sendy Ariani. If the example of Yua Mikami (Momona Kito) is anything to go by, you can have a very successful career as an adult video star is you are willing.

Japanese TV is not known for its quality but it at least never fails to impress with its latest nude novelties or risque antics.

Now a TV show has appeared featuring gravure idols wearing sexy bikinis. Nothing new about that. There are even shows about gravure idol in armor.

But these are “failed” gravure idols, ladies who haven’t made it big (yet). The idea is that the minor idols make their last grasp at fame on the show, wearing everything from noren (the low curtains that hang over entrances in Japan) to toilet paper, kagami mochi (a New Year decorative rice cake) or even lids of pots. Effectively they are wearing fundoshi, a traditional undergarment that can look even ridiculous or totally sexy.

The ladies include Ami Asai, Tomomi Ijuin and an unidentified third model.

Well, these sporty lasses certainly put on a good performance and can’t be criticized for not trying their best in increasingly humiliating and trying circumstances.

The svelte, generously busty Ami Asai, in particular, certainly deserves to be more popular, as these pictures attest.