Shibari, the Japanese art of rope bondage, is a sexual subculture, something confined to certain clubs and establishments, right? Wrong. As one event proved, shibari (also known as kinbaku) is also very visible in the streets of Tokyo. On May 7, Hajime Kinoko, probably the most successful and well-known shibari rope artist in Japan, created an outdoor installation on the walls of a venue in Cat Street, a shopping street in Harajuku, central Tokyo. The installation involved him and his team suspending five female models (one of whom was Lisa M, aka Lisa Mizuno) in shibari positions on the ...

We loved her when she was a braless Uber Eats cyclist, delivering alluring charm around the city. We loved her when she was a ring girl. We really loved her when she was in sexy lingerie or semi-nude for gravure shoots. We didn't think we could love Yu Maria (マリア友) anymore, but we were wrong. The bronze-tanned, big-lipped haafu hottie has now teamed up with renowned shibari master Hajime Kinoko for a Japanese rope bondage photo shoot. And the results are as awesome as you'd expected from such a collaboration and concept. The shots have a striking red or white theme. Maria's body ...

Was this inevitable? Everything seems to be getting in on the non-fungible tokens boom, which has now reached the Japanese adult industry. The legendary shibari (kinbaku) rope bondage artist Hajime Kinoko is going sell an NFT of the latest entry in his "red" series of bondage images -- his first NFTs release and his first all-digital addition to the series. The project is organized in partnership with Zak Shibuya of Reality Production Management (RPM Tokyo), which is planning an Instagram launch event and charity event to accompany the NFT. It's another first for renowned Hajime Kinoko: ...

Recently I had the pleasure to meet the king of Tokyo's shibari scene myself, and the honour to watch during one of his sessions. A few days later then, since we share similar origins and got along well, he took me along on one of his tours with some of his admirers that came as far as from the US and Australia. Both events were a first time experience for me. Not that I don't know the "dark side" of Tokyo well enough. I know the corners of Kabukicho and am quite familiar with all kind of adult goods of course, since the discerning product selectors at KanojoToys let me tag along. I ...