Piquant abandonment: why sex museums in Japan are no longer interesting to the public
Categories: Asia
By Pictolic https://mail.pictolic.com/article/piquant-abandonment-why-sex-museums-in-japan-are-no-longer-interesting-to-the-public.htmlIn the 1970s and 1980s, sex museums were extremely popular in Japanese resort towns. Taxidermy exhibits, mannequins, informational and educational materials for adults were exhibited in museums, interactive mini-games, film screenings and erotic shows were held.
Currently, these places, known in Japan as "hihokan", or "treasures", are abandoned: with the advent of the Internet, visitors have lost interest in them.
A 40-year-old editor from Osaka, Florian Seidel, visited the Japanese Sex Museum in Yamaguchi and the House of Hidden Treasures on the island of Hokkaido near Sapporo.
(18 photos in total)
Source: disgustingmen.com
After learning about the existence of at least two such museums, Florian could not resist visiting both. They are located on the very outskirts of Japan. One is in the south, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, the other is in the north, in the town of Sapporo, on the snowy island of Hokkaido. The first bore the standard name "hihokan", the second was called "Treasure Cave", but the meaning remained the same. Each of them is now just an abandoned museum, a real artifact of the era of the 70s.
Now it all looks like the scenery for an extravagant Japanese horror, and at night you can lose the remnants of potency from fear. But once people used to come here with their wives in order to have a good laugh and make funny photos with stone phalluses and loving horses.
Other photos of the same museums (obviously older):
Keywords: Abandoned | Museum | Japan
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