This is published by TIME, so it is a legitimate article, not smut

“Japan’s Booming Sex Niche: Elder Porn”

“Besides his glowing complexion, Shigeo Tokuda looks like any other 74-year-old man in Japan… He is, of course, more physically active than most retirees, but that’s because he’s kept his part-time job — as a porn star.”

Wait, it get’s better:

“Shigeo Tokuda is, in fact, his screen name. He prefers not to disclose his real name because, he insists, his wife and daughter have no idea that he has appeared in about 350 films over the past 14 years.”

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1818203,00.html

The people deserve the truth!

This would be a great fit for some of the pump and dump guys on this forum

Man, some of the stuff in Japan is next level. It might be the weirdest developed country in the world. I was in Osaka last year walking through an outdoor mall with one of my associates. There were all the kinds of stores you would expect – clothing, restaurants, and arcade, etc. and then one that you might not expect. Standing outsiide a store with bright flashing lights were some gorgeous women in lingerie. So being the natural jackass that I am, I was like WOW, WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING THERE! My associate got pretty excited about and he’s like, yeah, that’s where you buy girls, let’s go. Apparently they have brothels in the mall. I didn’t participate. Same guy showed me a website where you can buy dates with famous porn stars. Japan… yeah…

One of the other interesting parts of the culture is something called “setai,” which roughly means entertainment. So if you’re a prospective brokerage client, the firm will take you out to a nice dinner and then for setai, where you might go to a an escort bar. Basically, all you can drink liquor and paid models to hang out with. Beats the hell out of sitting around the conference table in some office.

The other thing about Japan that cracks me up is the manga porn comics. I’ve never been into comics, but these are amazing. You can walk by any convenience store in Tokyo at any time of the day and you will probably see some guy reading these comics. I walked by this store at like 4 in the morning one time and finally was like, okay, if people are reading these at 4 am, I have to check this out. So I went in and flipped through AND OMFG they are graphic. There’s one series about this robot BAMF with a fold down cannon dick that ravages all the Japanese women. Friggin hilarious see 40 / 50 year old men reading these comics.

Basically, Japan is from a different planet. I love the country, but every time I’m there I have countless “WTFFFF did that just happen?” moments.

yep, on expedia now.

Brothels in malls is a brilliant concept. Instead of pretending I care when my wife goes around with our children buying useless sht, I would go for a quick fix while they are shopping, and everyone would be happy.

Wifey: “Where you going, IEV?”

Me: “uhm, to see some … uhm… lacrosse equipment … for my aunt … Inés.”

Wifey: “Inés died six months ago and the year before her right leg was amputated because of diabetes … you signed the authorization.”

Me: [blank look] “I’m still going … geeez”

“Honey, you bought metric rather than imperial hardware again.”

“Darn it, why do I always keep doing it… I have to go back and exchange them… it could be a while.” :wink:

Apparently used panties vending machines are quite common in Japan as well. Really weird.

HAHAHA??? I didn’t see that. I did see the porn vending machines though. Japan is soooo crazy. Other highlights include the naughty nurse and French maid themed bars.

I’ve always wondered about those used panties vending machines. I mean, how do you determine authenticity? I don’t really want to think about the details.

are all perverts created equal?

I didn’t believe it so I looked it up – it’s real.

http://www.inquisitr.com/10689/japanese-government-banning-used-school-girl-pantie-vending-machines/

Link is not graphic but is probably borderline for work.

Apparently the government is trying to ban (or did ban?) the sale of school girls’ used panties. Like apparently there was a big market for those and it was getting out of hand…

its so much better to be a pornographer in japan than the US…

It’s not just Japan, Seoul too. Standard for business meetings to involve a place called a “room salon”. There are “kiss bangs” all over the city, pay, kiss a college girl. Hand job shops. Bikini hostess bars, have cigar and wiskey after work with friendly bikini hostess, etc. Asia is a man’s world, lots of fun. Japan really does take it to an all new level of crazy though.