Unless, like the male body model in the pre-recorded video, you too have a tiny frame and are virtually hairless, you probably won’t get too swept up by the video. You can probably already guess the problem with that. I didn’t try them all but that’s all right because all of the available VR porn scenarios were reportedly the same: after strapping the headset on, you saw “yourself” from the neck down being, erm, attended to by one to three women. The Big Thing In Japanese Porn Is Virtual Reality … For NowĪt the JAE, there were about five different companies offering VR porn experiences to those willing to wait in line for about 15 minutes. The average price was about ¥500 (less than $5) per three-cheki set. Plenty of fans walked the expo area with instant cameras, and those who didn’t bring their own could simply buy a cheki set and have it signed by bikini-clad models at the expo’s many studio booths. To him, it was no different than collecting baseball cards (except you probably shouldn’t put porn cheki in the spokes of your bike.) And he wasn’t alone in his hobby. The young fan I ran into told me that he was mainly at the expo to expand his collection, which already consisted of hundreds of cheki of Japanese porn stars, many of them autographed.
And, well, it turns out that some people do the same thing with their favorite adult performers. Japanese music/sports fans often use these cameras to take mini Polaroids of their favorite celebrities, which they can later get signed and trade amongst each other. After talking to him for a while, I learned that it was a Fujifilm instax camera that produces small instant pictures called cheki. Some Fans Collect Porn Stars Like Baseball CardsĪ few minutes after I arrived at the expo, I bumped into a Japanese fan holding a peculiar camera. I visited the JAE in November 2017 and learned a few interesting things about the world of Japanese pornography. The JAE markets itself as an “Adult Video Fan Thanksgiving Festival” where XXX studios from all over the country gather every year to promote their new releases and let people get closer to their performers. Eventually, the country’s porn producers decided to express their gratitude towards their fans and their deep pockets with the Japan Adult Expo (JAE). Japan actually ranks second in the world (behind South Korea) when it comes to how much money its citizens spend on adult entertainment. What’s even more impressive, though, is that many people pay for those films.
According to one veteran porn performer, this comes out to over 5,000 titles a year or 14 pornographic films being released in Japan every single day. The Japanese porn industry is estimated to be worth more than $20 billion, which shouldn’t be surprising once you consider that Japan produces twice as many X-rated movies as the United States.