Sex

With such an importance placed on appearance in Tokyo, it’s perhaps understandable that there are so many salons in the city; however, as a man with a shaved head and looks only a mother could love, such beauty and bouffant-related businesses are certainly not places to either seek out or support.

Well, until now that is.

As, while admittedly straying somewhat from the more standard set of services, this lively looking ‘lingerie salon’ (ランジェリーサロン) would appear to offer a fella looking to feel refreshed somewhere far more fun to frequent.

Although facials and closely shaven shenanigans are probably particularly pricey.

They may well be particularly pricey, but with their perfect complexions and positively pendulous parts, Japan’s state-of-the-art silicone sex dolls are surprisingly popular.

An appearance, and some would say persona, that has even been scrupulously replicated by certain celebrities, offering up similarly heaving human hybrids of sorts. 

But that said, some manufacturers in the plastic pal market appear much more intent on producing partners who are neither appealing nor preposterously proportioned, and instead are placing personality as the main priority.

Perhaps.

Now should you really want to, clicking on the picture above will produce not only a bigger image but one boasting a bit of bondage along with a bit of the dolls bits too, which, needless to say, are most definitely not suitable for work — or indeed the somewhat sensitive.

With their ultra-realistic as well as inflated features, state-of-the-art Japanese silicone sex dolls are apparently the perfect permanent, or even part-time, partner. However, considering the current strength of Japan’s currency, and the fact that they retail at around 600,000 yen, it’s a colossal amount of money for a small country to pay, let alone a punter.

Thankfully though there are cheaper alternatives for those with such passions — or indeed those whose passions remain unreciprocated.

But despite some rather bold claims, that required realism really isn’t there.

The only possible bonus being that nipple enhancers are noticeably not needed.

The strong yen and sluggish sales have, understandably, caused massive damage to Japan’s main car manufacturers, with a new round of temporary closures and large job losses hinting at further hardships on the horizon.

But that’s not say that the current crisis is confined to car makers of course, and rather surprisingly the nation’s usually far from flaccid sex industry seems to be suffering too, resulting in that veritable mainstay of many merchants, the vibrator, being sold at apparently preposterously low prices.

Which, as stimulus packages go, is novel to say the least.