Turn your home into a sex doll museum
Sex dolls are arranged into stories in Yashio Hihokan. Image:
Located just outside Tokyo, specifically on the outskirts of Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture (Japan), Yashio Hihokan (roughly translated as Yashio Adult Museum in English) displays a personal collection of “love dolls”. by Yoshitaka Hyodo, with every inch of the house meticulously arranged down to the smallest detail.
This is the private home of a 49-year-old, single man. The self-made museum contains not only dolls in various positions and outfits, but also a variety of erotica, macabre exhibits and fascinating antique collectibles.
“Since I was a child, I have been fascinated by robots and artificial life forms. Before I knew it, my fate was tied to such things and my house became a treasure,” Mr. Hyodo wrote on his blog.
Hyodo started creating a doll collection more than 20 years ago when he discovered a mannequin in a landfill. It evokes the desire to be surrounded by dolls. Since then, he owns about 50 dolls, including sex dolls, mannequins and many other anatomical models.
Hyodo said about half of the love doll collection was purchased by himself, with the rest from acquaintances because they don’t need the toy for marriage, parenting or personal reasons. other cause.
Most of Hyodo’s sex dolls come from Orient Industry, a Tokyo-based company that has produced high-quality adult toys since 1977. The company is famous for creating lifelike models of women’s bodies leading in the industry, with a not cheap price, about 700,000 yen (4,780 USD).
Single men have unusual passions
Hyodo is more than just your average sex doll enthusiast. He was originally a sex doll photographer, often creating scenes for them in ruins and other locations to photograph. Works created by Hyodo have been exhibited in Paris and Tokyo. He even has a documentary documenting his life, which will be shown in select cinemas across Japan in September 2022.
In 2021, Hyodo founded Dai Nippon Rabu Dooru To (Amazing Japanese Love Doll Party) to fight Tokyo Deep Annai, a website that he believes causes negative perceptions about Yashio City among people who only baseless quotes, and a major TV station – accused by Hyodo of creating behind-the-scenes stories about him in a documentary.
The above experience made Hyodo lose favor with the private broadcasting industry. He also sympathized with Hana Kimura, the actress of the reality TV show Terrace House who committed suicide in 2020 after being bullied on social networks.
“I have a feeling inside me that if I had fought harder (against cyber violence) then, that incident might not have happened. Because 7 years ago, I warned that the Japanese broadcasting industry would eventually kill someone,” Hyodo shared with SCMP .
Yoshitaka Hyodo started collecting sex dolls after picking up a mannequin from a landfill. Image:
Hyodo faced death many times. At the age of 14, he was caught up in a yakuza (Japanese gangster) conflict in the deep mountains of Shikoku, western Japan. As an adult, he suffered multiple heart attacks and health complications from a tumor in his pituitary gland 10 years ago.
However, the photographer said his life has changed for the better since opening his private museum in 2015. Yashio Hihokan is receiving more and more attention from people. The UK is expected to welcome around 300 visitors this year.
“I can interact with people from all over the world. As a result, I participate more in various unexpected events and happenings. My life has always had significant ups and downs, but now it increases even more,” he said.
According to the sex doll collector, the number of foreign tourists interested in Yashio Hihokan has increased significantly since COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. He welcomed many people from different countries such as the US, China, Antigua and Barbuda or Ukraine… A Hong Kong (Chinese) TV program even came to ask to film.
Hyodo always welcomes international visitors. He is grateful for the opportunity to interact with people around the world because he cannot travel abroad due to poor health.
Joe McReynolds (37 years old), an American urban studies scholar at Keio University (Japan), first visited the sex doll museum in November 2019 on the occasion of its launch anniversary. Blade Runner a famous science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott in 1982. This film was a great source of inspiration for Hyodo when designing the museum.
“I find it exciting to be in a space that uniquely reflects a man’s distinctive and holistic vision,” commented McReynolds.
Experts point out that although Hyodo’s “extreme art” may not be for everyone, the museum’s existence is still important. It shows that Tokyo is a city that accepts individuals with unique visions and distinct styles and expresses that individuality to everyone through special museums.
The sex doll museum demonstrates a different vision in art. Image:
According to SCMP
