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Nuru ( ja, ぬる, lit=slippery) is a form of

erotic massage Erotic massage is the use of massage techniques by one person on another person's erogenous zones for their sexual pleasure. The process may achieve or enhance the recipient's sexual excitation or arousal and sometimes achieve orgasm. The person ...

with full body contact while both the masseur or masseuse and client are nude and coated with gel, traditionally made from

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s attribute the technique to Japan, sometimes specifically to Kawasaki. Because it entails lubricated full body contact between the person giving the massage and a client with a "

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", nuru massage falls under legal prohibitions against

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and

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s in many jurisdictions in Japan.

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