If you want to score with date with a Japanese lady, giving her a Hello Kitty present can’t go wrong. Hello Kitty celebrated her 35th birthday in 2009 and in all those years  she’s had very few changes. Check out the latest Sanrio video of the Hello Kitty design history.

Tatoos are not that commonly displayed in Japan except among the Yakuza (crime gangs), however with modern pop culture, fashionable tattoos among young Japanese women are beginning to change things. Tattoos on Japanese pop stars such as Namie Amuro and Ayumi Hamasaki are thought of as stylish and surprisingly, Japanese women have a strong presence in the Japanese tattoo industry with many editors of tattoo magazines being female.

Many Japanese women who choose permanent or fake tattoos are of course choosing kawaii (cute) tattoos (Hello Kitty comes to mind!). However, if you are thinking about getting tatooed, remember that in many places in Japan, like onsens, golf courses and gyms prohibit people with tatoos.  Read more...

Maria Ozawa followed up on her Shinjuku strip club experience by starring in a cabaret show in Macau (next to Hong Kong) called “Tokyo Nights” which ran at the popular Rockza Nightclub in the Grand Lisboa Hotel. The show ran from August 16 to September 6, 2008 and featured Ozawa and several other Japanese av performers including  仙葉由季 Yuki Senba, 篠原リョウ Ryo Shinohara , 小野今日子 Kyoto Ono , かんな Kanna, 成瀨美穗 Miho Naruse , 相崎琴音 Kotone Aisaki, 水野美香 Mika Mizuko, 涌井 麻紀 Yuuki Maiko.

Promotional materials show her with a (temporary) tattoo

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