Author’s Note: (NSFW after the cut if bikini videos are banned in your office)

Think of Japan, then think of sexy.

A few ideas might have popped up your minds (hey, contain that popping!) it’d probably be Maria Ozawa, AV, and hentai. But those are hardcore Japanese sex stuff. Absolutely not safe for work. So unless you want your sorry butt get axed for cel-shaded porn, better think twice of even typing hentai on your Google search bar.

So what’s the next best thing with Japan and sexy? Fret not, connoisseurs, our friendly Japanese neighbors do have the “toned down stuff.” Enter gravure. Just check the picture out and ooh and aah and wonder if those funbags are real.

What does gravure mean anyway?

Gravure most probably came from photogravure – a printing process. No one really knows how it eventually became trimmed down to just gravure, only our Japanese friends can tell.

Gravure roughly refers to a type of glamor modeling which mean either nudes or non-nudes can be considered gravure. However, gravure idols as the Japanese would call them, don’t do nude as sort of a standard. Most of these idols do bikini shots and plain sexy stuff. Scanatily-clad at best. (Yeah, boo if you want. If so, then just stick to AV, you perv!)

These fashion photos often appear as spreads in male-oriented magazines, photobooks, and DVDs. Yeah, they’re kind of big teases.

So are those boobs real?

So Japan’s known for small-breasted women with men eagerly compensating in the way they draw manga and anime characters. A quick way to tell if one’s sporting silicone is to check whether their boobs fall flat when lying flat on one’s back.

Check this video of Harumi Nemoto:

Looks like they’ve got real weight in them don’t they?

Hey wasn’t she in an AV I saw?

Yeah, for some of these gravure idols, gravure is just one step towards other things. While some graduate as legit idols, some do take the raunchier route to be adult video idols.

Wait! She looks just too young!

Well fortunately for Lolita fetishists and those with pedophile tendencies, some of these idols are quite young. Some agree to pose in sexy outfits and bikinis in their early teens. And it’s not uncommon for young Japanese pop stars to do so.

Hey, where can I get some of those gravure stuff?

Unfortunately for you, Sugoi Stuff is not a pimping service. But the most service I could render you is to give you these links:

• Gravure Idol Jo
• Gravure Idol Academy for Girls – Yeah, they have reality TV for it.
• YouTube search results for “gravure”
• Wikipedia’s list of gravure idols.
• For the rest, just Google them why don’t you.

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