PETALING JAYA: Ex-Japanese adult film actress Sora Aoi has left her heart in Penang, judging from photos she shared on her Instagram account.

The 32-year-old, who was in George Town for a movie shoot recently, reminisced the moments she had in the Pearl of the Orient in a series of photos.

In a photo posted last Wednesday, Aoi was seen posing next to one of Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic's murals 'Little Children on a Bicycle' on Armenian Street.

On Monday, she shared a photo of her posing in an "I Love Penang" T-shirt by the beach, with the caption, "I Love Malaysia".

Her latest photo posted on Monday, captioned "Memory of Malaysia" depicts her on a swing by the beach and has garnered close to 1,000 likes from her fans.

Previously, a picture showing Aoi and a man on a trishaw in Penang had been widely circulated online.

It was reported that she was in Penang to film a horror movie.

I went to Penang Island in Malaysia for shooting movie. A photo posted by AOI SOLA (@aoi_sola) on May 17, 2016 at 11:07pm PDT