Sex
And the Japanese women
A survey on their mating habits in different areas of Japan. Masuo Kamiyama. Mainichi Daily News
Nov 13, 2004

"From 1996, I began conducting surveys of the sex activities of ordinary women, office workers, housewives and so on, via my home page on the Internet. Through this, I thought I could get a more specific feeling of how the climate and customs in different parts of Japan would have an affect on female sexuality. That led to my establishment of the 'Sexual Feeling Research Institute.'"

Speaking to Asahi Geino (Nov 4) is Wataru Irokawa, the nom de plume of an author of erotic fiction.

"While humans may all be equal in terms of their desire for erotic love, perhaps due to the hypocritical mass media, aspects of sexuality are not being reported, or if they are, then only superficially at best," elucidates Irokawa - whose full name translates as "crossing the river of sex."

"The fact is, when the stomach is hungry, one eats; when the heart is hungry, one seeks romance; and when the body is hungry, one desires sex. I believe this is a fundamental human condition, and I'd like to convey to males and females alike how they can achieve greater enjoyment."

So, according to the 280 women around Japan who have cooperated in Irokawa's survey, what sort of conclusions has he drawn with regard to their "lechery ratings"?

According to Irokawa, the females who draw the greatest pleasure from the sexual act hail from Hokkaido, Iwate and Gifu. ("All the women I asked in Hokkaido said they did it because they enjoyed it," he relates.)

On the other hand, women who moan the loudest come from Chiba, followed by Fukuoka and Nagano. Chiba, likewise, boasts the highest percentage of vibrator ownership, again followed by Fukuoka and then Kumamoto.

(Females in these three prefectures have a reputation for being virtuosos at teasing men.)

For reasons that Irokawa could not fully explain, the gals of Akita, Fukushima and Yamanashi were most likely to lapse into unconsciousness resulting from sexual ecstasy.

Ladies from Kyoto, Nagano and Okayama, meanwhile, were most likely to admit they enjoyed pleasuring themselves. ("Perhaps because these areas tend to exclude outsiders, and also became women are so proud, they have fewer opportunities for easy sex," he explains.)

As far as who can be seduced the most quickly, gals from Hokkaido were found to have the roundest heels ("They have a pioneering spirit that makes them more willing to hop in the sack with a man the first day them meet him"), followed by gals from Saitama and Shiga.

Among the other findings: Lassies from Niigata become the wettest, to the point that they spurt a legendary "salty spray" during orgasm. (Gals from Tokushima and Yamanashi are also known to soak the bed sheets.)

Chicks from Okinawa are most amenable to being mounted from behind, whereas those in Ehime are more submissive to a partner's request, and those from Oita have a strong propensity for kinky sex.

Finally, on the topic of which women boast the nation's most prized, er, honey pots, Irokawa tabulated this based on male responses to such factors as internal muscular control over their physical equipment.

And the winner was ... Nara, followed by Tokushima - where the famous "Awa Odori" folk dance is said to strengthen muscle tone - with Hiroshima rounding out the top three.

Of course, Asahi Geino concedes, one is likely to find considerable variation even within the boundaries of the same prefecture.

These fanciful rankings, then, are intended to do little more than initiate an energetic debate on one of Japan's most popular topics.
Mainichi Daily News