Sex: Good Vibes Only

Spring, 2019

A visit to Japan’s premier dildo bar, an underground sanctuary where women are free to talk openly—and positively—about sex in an otherwise hush-hush cultureI am surrounded by a sea of dildos: purple ones and black ones, foot-longs and pocket-size. Some of them vibrate; some rotate. Some have botanic-looking extensions, like sea anemones and exotic flowers. Some are shaped like rabbits, and others look like teddy bears. I’m inspecting a particularly eerie one with a face molded on its silicone t...