- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Sep 1, 2011 02:33 JST
- Tags: Beach, Crime, Fashion, Kobe, Law, Police, Summer, Tattoos, Yakuza

Kobe’s efforts to make its beaches more family friendly by banning people with tattoos from being on them appears to have backfired spectacularly – far from increasing visitor numbers with a flood of reassured families as was planned, young people have all but disappeared from the beach and visitor numbers are at their lowest ever.
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A young woman who accidentally killed herself and her husband by digging a 2.5m deep pitfall trap in the sand is currently the subject of tragic ridicule throughout Japan.
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The last of Comiket 80′s 2nd day of cosplay helpfully illustrates the trouble caused by high temperatures and rules which prevent people just donning skimpier costumes to compensate, although fortunately a number have little enough to take off…
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The second day of Comiket 80′s vast array of cosplayers sees even more cosplayers braving the heat, in some at times gratifyingly skimpy costumes – although certain big name ero-cosplayers still seem notable by their absence…
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Comiket 80′s first day of cosplay seems to have wilted in the heat compared to previous years, but there are still plenty of fine cosplayers left to ogle.
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The cosplayers of the first day of Comiket 80 have braved the burning heat of high summer to show their immaculate and many cases quite sexy costumes.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Japan, News
- Date: Aug 10, 2011 22:38 JST
- Tags: Beach, Bizarre, Crime, Exhibitionism, Fashion, Mizugi, Summer, TV, Voyeurism

A beach-goer caught frolicking and doing handstands whilst wearing an ultra-skimpy micro-sling bikini has once again apparently attracted both police and TV attention.
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Eccentric idol Shoko Nakagawa’s notorious antics have once again been turning heads – this time with an extraordinarily grotesque choice of insectile fashion accessory which leaves even the likes of Lady Gaga in the dust.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Jul 25, 2011 09:49 JST
- Tags: Beach, Comparison, Final Fantasy, Image Gallery, Loli, Mizugi, MMORPG, Oppai, Summer


The battle of the MMORPGs nobody plays is heating up in more ways than one – Final Fantasy XIV has added some devastatingly sexy bikinis, whilst Tera Online’s grasp of the extremes of both ero and moe is approaching legendary status.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jul 24, 2011 15:54 JST
- Tags: Beach, Crime, Fashion, Kobe, Law, Police, Summer, Tattoos, Yakuza

Recent efforts to ban anyone with a tattoo from visiting public beaches have seen criticism that the policy is violating the human rights of people whose only crime is against fashion.
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China’s beautiful beaches have once again turned a vivid shade of green – not that this seems to have put off beach-goers.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, International, News
- Date: Jul 17, 2011 02:41 JST
- Tags: Bathing, Feminism, Image Gallery, Oppai, Pettanko, Politics, Summer, Ukraine

Ukrainian “women power” exhibitionist rabble Femen are back again, this time to bid goodbye to “unwashed Ukraine” – though in practice this seems to mean scantily clad young ladies bathing in a public fountain.
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