Japanese City’s Controversial Tourism Stunt With $2,800 Sex Doll Draws Criticism

The exhibition aimed to showcase the traditional indigo-dyeing art of the prefecture. Tokushima City and its prefectural government in Japan drew criticism for spending over $2,800 on a sex doll used to attract tourists. This bizarre expenditure, part of a $18,900 “Awa indigo charm promotion project,” aimed to highlight the prefecture’s traditional indigo dyeing art, […]