If you're looking to add some flavor to your spank bank or are feeling particularly frisky and adventurous, then look no further than Japanese porn, the Wild Wild West of the porn industry.
Notorious for its widely diverse, highly creative, and yes, sometimes controversial, and subversive categories, Japanese porn has been fascinating audiences and unlocking previously unknown kinks and fetishes in individuals for decades.
It may seem strange that Japanese porn ranks so highly among porn viewers and is so widely sought after, especially considering what a sexually conservative country it comes from. A global sex survey, conducted by UK condoms and lubricants company, Durex, found that in 2005, people in Japan proved to be some of the least happiest individuals when it comes to their sex lives and sexual fulfillment. The average Japanese person would clock in around 45 bouts of sexy times per year, compared to the international average of 103 times.
So how does a sexually repressed nation earn itself a reputation in the porn industry? Ironically enough, it's the lack of sex and quirky censorship laws that have spawned some of porn's most eyebrow raising (among other things) categories.
Since the adage, "it left little to the imagination" can't be fully applied to Japanese porn, producers and directors have had to find workarounds of Japan's censorship laws in order to make their productions as salacious and titillating as the money shot so many Western porn productions often rely on.
If you're an old hat at the sometimes WTF categories you find in Japanese porn, well then good for you. However, if you're a newbie and frothing over with curiosity, well let me enlighten you...or bring you over to the dark side. Either way, I'm sure you'll leave satisfied.
Girl-Stuck-In-Elevator-Door (Or Train / Bus...where there's a door, there's a way)
I'm sure you can guess by the category's title what kind of scenario you'll get from these productions. Basically, a girl gets stuck between the closing doors of an elevator and is trapped at the waist. Conveniently, her delectable derriere is facing outside of the elevator, all plump and enticing, made more so by the fact that she's wearing a mini-skirt that barely covers anything, because of course she is.
Along comes some overworked, over-stressed, beleaguered salaryman who sees the poor girl struggling to get free. He considers his options, decides that letting off some steam is in order; and moseys on up to the girl. He informs her he'll help her if she helps him relieve some uh...tension before seizing the opportunity to do just that.
Timestoppers
Mixing in elements of fantasy and sci-fi, this one is definitely worth the inevitable double-take and quirk of your eyebrow if you stumble across it.
So picture this: another beleaguered office worker, looking a little worse for wear due to long hours spent at the office (this is reoccurring theme in many a Japanese porn production) is either on his way home or to the office when he stumbles upon a device that can manipulate and stop time.
'Very cool', he thinks as he marvels at the power he now holds in his hands. You'd think he'd use his newfound time control powers to save kittens from trees, rescue people from burning buildings, or stop banks from being robbed; but no. No. Instead, he takes the opportunity to indulge in some sexual hi-jinks on unsuspecting female victims at public baths, gym locker rooms, the office bathroom etc.
He gets a thrill from the startled scream or gasp of surprise from the women he's encroached upon but quickly freezes time before they can call for help. He then goes up to the woman of his choice, maneuvers them into various desirable compromised positions and has his way with her. When he finishes, he leaves but not before unfreezing time. The woman is understandably confused as to what happened and why she's suddenly a little...dirtier and wetter between the legs than a few minutes ago.
Chikan
Clinically known as frotteurism, chikan is the act of touching or rubbing one's nether bits up against another person without their implicit consent. In the category of chikan, it also includes women getting felt up or groped in public spaces. It's a prevalent issue in Japan, especially on public transport such as trains.
If you'd read this far, then you might realize that many Japanese porn categories have a questionable and yes, uncomfortable pattern of consent play and rape. A theory surrounding this revolves around the notion that the sexual innocence and even ignorance of sex is highly prized in Japanese women. Submissiveness is valued and even expected in the bedroom for a lot of Japanese women, birthing porn scenarios where consent is questionable.
Sexually Explicit Game Shows
Voyeuristic and controversial as it may be, such games shows are plastered all over Japanese television and have a huge viewer ratings. From slicking up contestants with oil and using them as a slip 'n slide while in your birthday suit to singing karaoke while getting some below-the-belt action and trying not to blow your load, this is definitely a category unique to the Japanese porn industry.
One of Japan's most famous sexually explicit game shows is known as Orgasm Wars. Contestants are called upon to undergo various sexual acts – usually a blowjob - by another contestant but not reach their peak, no matter how expertly their poles are getting waxed. I foresee a lot of contestants getting blue-balled and incredibly sexually frustrated at not being able to finish.
Another notorious show, known more for its controversial concept, is a game show revolving around simulated incest. "Families" partake in this game show where the goal is to correctly guess their "family's" nekkid bits.
Of course, the game is designed to set the contestants up for failure in order to get them to touch naughty bits. The show's concept is controversial as incest is a huge taboo, which is why in Western porn, such fantasy scenarios adopt the label of "Step-___".
Tentacle Porn
A unique product of Japan's censorship laws, tentacle porn became all the rage to circumvent the requirement of censoring P-in-V action. What may surprise some is that the idea of engaging in sexual shenanigans with squids and octopi is not exactly a modern brainwave.
Shunga, a form of Japanese erotic art, can be considered the source for tentacle porn. A piece of Shunga art called, The Dream of a Fisherman's Wife depicts a woman sexually entangled with a couple of octopi, with one performing cunnilingus on her, and the other fondling her breasts.
Whether this was the go-to inspiration for the barrage of tentacle porn that chokes up the Japanese porn genre, we'll never know. What we do know is that having phallic shaped tentacles was a sly and admittedly creative workaround to Japan's censorship laws regarding pornographic and explicit media.
Ha Daisuki
It's probably safe to say that the mere whisper of having to go to the dentist makes one cringe. However, for a select few, the focus on clinically examining one's teeth, tongue, and mouth along with activities to keep it clean such as brushing and flossing proves to be more a turn on than turn off.
Ha Daisuki is a category of Japanese porn that caters to this oral fixation of a different kind. Other scenarios present in this category include licking your partner's teeth, chewing gum, licking a lollipop, and wearing braces. Whatever gets you off, I guess.
Haircut / Hairstyling Fetish
It's astounding how vast and diverse people's kinks are isn't it? Well here's another: a fetish where one gets highly aroused and sexually stimulated by watching a woman style, coif, and even cut her hair.
CFNM - Clothed Female, Naked Male
To flip the script, we have here a switch in dominance and power where a scene presents a fully dressed woman standing before a man naked as the day he was born. The dom/sub vibes here are obvious but the genre also caters to the fetish of soiling a woman's clothes via urine, semen, or both to reach the zenith of pleasure.
So, there you have it. 8 unique genres of Japanese porn to get your rocks off on. Funny how a bit of sexual repression and peculiar censorship laws can breed a whole new sexy, kinky world huh? By the way, if you're feeling a little...flushed after reading this article and are looking to deflate the tent in your pants, might I suggest checking out ecchiTOKYO’s unique onaholes for the appropriate "equipment" to do so?