Playboy After Hours

July, 1963

Recent dispatches from the Orient report the perfection of an operation which is worth a moment of sober reflection: Tokyo gynecologist Kohei Matsukubo has learned how to create an artificial hymen for blushing brides-to-be. This surgical subterfuge, called jinko shojo, is performed either with plastic or human body tissue, and is available to interested girls (no virgins need apply) for $60 in yen. We've decided that what bothers us about Dr. Matsukubo's exercise in Instant Innocence, even more...