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Greetings from J-List January 8, 2001

Peter Payne by Peter Payne
23 years ago
in Your Friend in Japan

Hello again to all J-Listas from a very cold Japan!

We got a special present in Japan this morning: a massive dumping of snow, which turned the Kanto Plain into a winter wonderland and made it difficult for most of the J-List staff to come to work today. Being from San Diego, I don’t have as much to do with snow as ‘d like sometimes, so I welcome it whenever I can. Unfortunately, the Tokyo region doesn’t get “real” snow very often, so winter is usually limited to cold, baiting “kara-kaze” wind from the mountains, with no snow to show for it.

Recently, I was fortunate to be invited to visit an adult video studio, and talk with some directors who had worked with several idols known to J-List fans (Yazawa Yoko, others). They were fascinated to hear that Japan’s unique AV world had a huge following all over the world. While I was at the studio, I look through hundreds of “resumes” (a standard form showing their past work history and several nude photos) of girls who wanted to break into the AV world, which were sent to the studio from companies who manage these girls. Amazingly, an incredible number of women want to become AV idols, but can’t break into the business due to fierce competition. In Japan, all AV girls are represented by “offices” (jimusho) that are similar to PR agents in the U.S. The world of singers and idols works in similar ways — performers like Morning Musume are represented by a “jimusho” that take care of all negotiations and make arrangements for jobs.

For tonight’s update, we’ve got some great items for you, including:

  • First, an update to our popular Japanese adult magazines pages, including the new issues of Dela Beppin and Gokuh — heads up, Hagiwara Mai fans (!)
  • Also for magazine and photobook fans, a fantastic item — the Body Poster Actress collection, a book filled with body poster erotica from virtually all popular AV actresses in Japan today
  • There are several rare and premium issues of Nowon, on the Photobooks page, including some with actresses too famous to name here
  • We have several other great new photobook items, including the “memorial nude” of the lovely Natsumi Rika
  • If you love dojinshi, run, don’t walk, to the dojinshi page, to see our newly added items, all of which are newly issued dojinshi from December’s Comic market
  • We have a major update of our adult manga pages, with many all-new volumes posted, as well as a dozen or more very special manga that are available in limited number now
  • For lovers of the wonderful Morishita Kurumi (e.g. “Kuru Kuru”), we have a very special video from SOD — her “best of early days” video compilation, including some of her best early work, as well as never before seen scenes
  • Also for Kurumi fans, a super new DVD release from SOD, a great production never released on video — Morishita Kurumi’s “Violence.” Like all SOD DVDs, it’s region 2, and a great reason to consider getting a code free DVD player from eBay ^_^
  • We have fresh stock of several of our most popular Wacky Things from Japan, including Hello Kitty chopsticks, our popular wooden signs that say “Now studying, and fresh stock of the popular Japanese shiatsu shoe inserts
  • We have some cool new items for our Wacky Things page, including the ultimate rubber baby bib/apron (yes, we know it’s not our usual forte, but it’s so cool), new gauze face masks to keep your cold germs from spreading to others when you’re sick, and more!
  • Finally, a tasty snack that’s very near the hearts of Tomo and myself, the delicious Baby Star dry ramen noodles. A package of delicious chicken-flavored ramen noodles, Baby Star’s ramen are a crunchy, delicious snack you can enjoy anywhere. Another great item from the things we’ve wanted to sell on J-List for years” category!

Okay, thanks — see you on the web!

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