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Sex is on the agenda this month and it's all about accessory-assisted sexuality. Next weekend, The 5th China International Adult Toys and Reproductive Health Exhibition (a.k.a. China Adult-Care Expo—we love the name) takes place. As an exclusive and trade-only show, China Adult-Care Expo has become one of the more renowned trading fairs in the industry. Items on display will include: vibrators, dildos, love dolls, anal stimulators, bondage gear, lube, erotic furniture, piercing, condoms, toys for girls/boys, lingerie, S&M gear, sex-related medicines, and we-have-no-idea -what-that-does-but -it-looks-scary products.
Last year set the record for the biggest crowds when 30 000 people attended the exhibition. This weekend, 85 exhibitors from Sweden, China, America, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong will show their stuff to visitors from more than 30 countries.
"China Adult-Care Expo has become a genuine pageant in adult toys industry providing visitors with a fantastic opportunity to find out about trends and new technologies.The exhibition is dedicated to bringing together everyone that has a professional interest in adult care products."
And if you can't make it to the Adult-Care Expo this weekend and you're still craving a piece of vibrating rubber, there is always the massive sex market on Suzhou Creek which so few seem to know about--so here you go and you can thank/punish us for it later.
As Smart Shanghai's Matsume describes the place: it's: "a sex market about four floors, full of shops with all kinds of goodies. They have everything from dildos, lubes, vibrators, S&M outfits, lingerie and herbal viagra as well."
The market has hundreds of little shops and you can pick up a variety of odd cheap contraptions. But if you would prefer to spend a bit more and get some really decent artistry, Swedish brand, Bloomnine, who recently set up shop in Shanghai, will sort you out.
The 5th China International Adult Toys Exhibition
Dates: July 19 – 21
Hours: 9 am – 5 pm
Venue: Shanghai International Exhibition Center (INTEX Shanghai)
No. 77 Xingyi Road, Changning District, Shanghai, China
Phone: 86-21-22817535
Suzhou Creek Sex Market:
Kai xuan men Dasha , 428 Tianmu Zhong Road (Take Line 1 metro to Xinzha Lu. Cross the bridge over the river and its two blocks straight ahead on the right side), taxi print out here.
Photo by Dan Washburn. For photos of the 2005 Exhibition go here.
Previously on Shanghaiist:
Wanna find out how the ancient Chinese had sex?
Facing stiff competition, Shanghai sex museum makes comeback
Local adult toy trade show attracts Canadian educators
Shanghai Sexpo: 'And now we will begin exercising'
Interview: Fu Erqiang, adult products manufacturer
This article was originally posted on ChinaTravel.net.
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Is that a burrito from NYC Deli?
Is there anywhere in SH to buy higher quality sex toys without having to go to some pretentious "apartment" where I have to book a fucking reservation to buy a dildo for my gf?
Oh yeah and about the sex show, since either I can't read or the blog didn't mention it:
1) Can I get in or do I need to be invited? Price?
2) Are there lingere shows?
3) Can you purchase items or is it for large orders only? (Never been to a trade show...)
I thought I should share a poem with you all about the predicament that an automated society places us in.
Love and "power" play
I see girls today all own a machine,
Its single purpose is solely obscene,
While men are adept at stroking their glands,
It seems girls require much more than their hands,
Who would have thought that their masturbation,
Necessitates assistance entailing battery operation,
While men cannot last through night and day,
All women need is some double A's,
I guess men will succumb to their own confused fate,
Warranty expired, past their use by date,
Unless they learn sure ways to stimulate her,
She will always return to her trusty vibrator,
Now males are left to their limited biology,
Another victim of modern technology,
In the future I fear that before sex will begin,
You will need to find a point in which to plug your partner in,
Sex will mean to pay for your thrills,
When you realise the cost of your power bills,
Nights of passion cause fossil fuels to burn on,
Giving new definition to the term “a turn on.”
Sex Toy Fanatic
It's so nice to have an expo about sex because this gives a lot of information about doing the right thing when it comes to sex..
http://www.willyboobs.com/
It's so nice to have an expo about sex because this gives a lot of information about doing the right thing when it comes to sex..
Sex Toy Fanatic
Great Expo for bringing out new technology in sex toys along with new ideas and creations. Also this is a great way for the public to see what kind of new sex toys will be coming out soon. I cant wait!
Wait a second... I just wonder if that's where my husband got all that stuff for the bachelorette party...mmmm... Think I can recommend some of those amazing adult toys. It was great.
More and more sex toys are now going green, are skin-safe (pthalates free and latex free) and prices are coming down. Cheaper and healthier - And that's all due to conventions like the one mentioned in this article. Way to go!