Popular Japanese av idol Saori Hara 原紗央莉 has had a busy 2009 and 2010.  She was recently crowned the 2010 Best Actress award by Sky PerfecTV, receiving the award from reigning av queen Kirara Asuka.  She also starred in mainstream films, including Lala Pipo: A Lot of People(2009) and Yuriko no Aroma(2010).

The big news for 2010 is  that Saori Hara and her compatriot Yukiko Suo announced that they will be starring in the USD$3.2 million Hong Kong based 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy, touted to be the world’s first ever 3D adult film.  Read more...

Like Shibuya gyaru gal fashion scene?  In the latest attempt to reproduce the success of  Jpop idol group AKB48 a new idol unit called Shibuya GAL’S is being formed.

The unit is being produced and led by the gal (gyaru) fashion model duo Yumachi & Aina  ゆまち ＆愛奈  which consists of Yuma Takahashi (21) and Aina Tanaka (21) both models for the fashion magazine Egg. After topping the Recochoku club music charts last year, they made their major label debut earlier this year and are releasing their debut album “QUEEN” this week.

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What are these guys playing on their iphones?  Could it be Japan Celebrity poker (or Japan Idol poker)  ジャパンアイドルポーカー?  That iphone app  features photos and some video of some of Japan’s top JAV artists including Maria Ozawa 小澤 マリア, Mihiro みひろ, Honoka 穂花, Risa Coda 倖田梨紗 Ai Takeuchi 竹内あい and Tina Yuzuki (Rio) 柚木ティナ.

Which av idol do you want to playing 5 card draw with?

Puncolle Voice Actresses’ Legendary Punk Song Collection (パンコレ -voice actresses’ legendary punk songs collection) is so bad it’s so good!  This is what you get when you ask Japanese seiyuu (voice animation actresses) to sing classic punk sungs in “Engrish” in cutesy high pitch anime style.

Not your ordinary Jpop, the 2009 album produced by Avex Trax and sung by Momoi Halko , Ikezawa Haruna,  Shimizu Kaori, Kadowaki Mai, Goto Yuuko and Tanaka Rie is hard to take it seriously, after all, it’s clear that taking it seriously was never the point. The album is a joke on every level of interpretation, an unrelenting parody from start to finish almost to the point of being honest tribute instead of parody.  Read more...

Jpop band SKELT 8 BAMBINO’s “What’s Love? feat. SoulJa” ソルジャ has three highly popular Japanese av idols starring in their music video.

The main stars of Japanese idol variety show Please Muscat, the sexy Rio, Akiho Yoshizawa and Mihiro all appear in this video and on three CD covers.

SKELT 8 BAMBINO’s “What’s Love? feat. SoulJa” MV

Did you know that the most popular menu item at Mister Donut ミスタードーナツ in Japan is? The answer is  Pon de Ring, ポンデリング which is a chewy textured doughnut which it was released in 2003 and total of 1,300,000,000 were sold by end of last year.

According to Mister Donut, the model of the Pon de Ring is Pao de Queijo, a popular chewy cheese bun in Brazil.  In Japan, there are various flavored Pon de Rings  available (the right one in the picture is the original, which is honey and sugar glazed, and the left one is muscovado (known as black sugar in Japan).  Read more...

Japanese products are known for their superior quality and craftsmanship.  One IT product that caught our eyes is  a Japanese lacquered computer mouse sold at Ryou art pc.  The mice are hand lacquered by individual craftsmen so each  mouse is unqiue and comes packaged in a beautiful wooden box.

Because each mouse is hand lacquered, the price is high; it’s between 28,000 Yen to 40,000 Yen.

If you like the mouse, you can also get a very nice hand lacquered key board too which costs 46,000 Yen.

Source: Wagaraga

Kowa コルゲン is a large Japanese  multinational  company established in 1894 and is actively engaged in various manufacturing and trading activities in the fields of pharmaceutical, life science and information technology, textiles, machinery and various consumer products. In Japan, Kowa pharmaceuticals is well known for its cute TV commercials for over the counter remedies for sore throats, mosquito bites etc.

Japanese electronics maker Sanyo showcased a curious contraption called the Human Washing machine 人間洗濯機 Ultrasonic Bath during the 1970 Osaka World Expo.

Back in those days the engineers at  Sanyo people thought that washing machines made to bathe humans would be a natural progression in technology.  A user would have to climb into the washing machine and the process would start with a pre-rinse cycle using a five minute water jet spray, followed by a three minute massage bath that fills the chamber with hot water. Golf-ball sized massage balls pelt the body during the massage process, combined with pressure jets made by a whirlpool. Next, a wave generator created bubbles to wash off dirt, followed by a rinse cycle and a “5-minute dry cycle blast” that makes use of infrared and ultraviolet light.  Developed as a concept model, the Ultrasonic Bath (luckily) never made it into our homes.

Popular late night Japanese TV show Yarisugi Koh Jie Monroe Festival やりすぎコージー モンロー祭り (TV Tokyo) had one  episode entitled ” Summer Festival AV dream drama virtual experience  仮想AV体験ドリームエロドラマ” which featured popular  Japanese av idols Maria Ozawa 小澤マリア,   Asami Yuma 麻美ゆま、 and Nene 寧々 known as the Monroe Girls.

The shows hosts interviewed the girls and the three performed some sexy skits with Japanese comedians. In the past the show had also featured other Japanese av idols as the Monroe Girls including Nana Natsume, Kurumi Morishita, Honoka, Hime Kayima, Manami Amamiya (Manami Kanon) and Monbu Ran.  Read more...