1 So who recognizes the pool (besides J)?

2 Honestly, the only thing I like about Japanese porn is the promotional photo shoots featuring the actresses. Which was sufficient for me to recognize "the pool" when you posted this, but I hadn't seen it often enough to know it was an industry cliché.

-j

3 I don't recall the pool, although obviously all those artists above had an idea. I mostly feed off Graphis, which uses random pools in hotels and resorts. BTW, Minami and Isuzu sneaked in twice each (not that I'm complaining).

4

"So who recognizes the pool (besides J)?"

*Slowly begins to raise hand*

*Sees nobody else raising their hand, so pretends to scratch ear instead*

5

I suspect one of the reasons That Pool is popular in porn shoots is privacy. It's entirely enclosed with frosted glass. That also means they can heat the air, so the models don't get goosebumps and so on.

And since it's part of a condo, now not occupied by anyone, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the rest of the place also gets featured in porn. Plus the current owner is keeping it precisely for photo shoots, so that makes it easy to book. And there's no resident to get in the way and cause trouble.

6 I'm interested that it's an indoor-outdoor pool on the ninth floor. That's some nice engineering work.

7

Given how heavy water is, I agree. But I've seen a drastically bigger example of that kind of engineering: the Venetian Casino in Vegas.

The ground floor, with really high ceilings, is the main casino and it's wide open and spacious. Above that, on the second floor, is a shopping mall, and the entire mall is built around a large number of interconnecting canals full of water. You can ride a gondola with an oarsman moving it around. There must be several hundred tons of water in the canals, and it must have been quite an engineering challenge to make that work without the building collapsing, especially since they couldn't load up the casino with supporting columns.

8 I'm sure that frosted glass helps with proper lighting as well. It's not as easy as it might look.

9 Yes, the frosting turns the windows into a giant softbox, terrific for photoraphy. Models love frosting...
-j

10 Mmmmmm... frosting.
I recognize it, but mostly because Mr. J-List features it on his blog a couple times a year.

11 I knew I had seen it before and I finally stumbled across *where*:  ero-cosplay model Chouzuki Maryou/Mariposa apparently did a photoshoot there sometime last year.  There's a photo on Sankaku Complex's photo site with a lot of likes, so it pops up at the top of the page quite a bit.

12 Does it say something about me that the most disturbing thing in that photo is how the handrails/exit would lead you right into the window?  Shouldn't they be at the end of the pool, leading to the chaise lounges?