“A Japanese Fancy” workshop and performance, planned for 6 to 10 p.m. this Wednesday, July 23, will be held at JadeNow Gallery at 14 Parker Way in Santa Barbara, and will be conducted by San Francisco ...

Shibari is an art form with a rich history, and a fun, experimental present. Viewers of House of Hammer will understandably have questions about Shibari and Kinbaku, but those shouldn't be answered by ...

See Seven Crazy Cosplay Characters, and more photos from Mizucon 2012. Walking among Mizucon’s cosplay, anime showings, and teens eating Japanese candy, you would think that the annual convention of ...

You may be using your time in self-isolation to learn a new hobby, like making bread, puzzling, or (consensually) tying your partner up with intricate Japanese bondage. Whether you've always been into ...

In Tokyo, a man watches a woman slowly bind another with ropes attached to chains hanging from the ceiling. But this is no S&M bar, it's a workshop led by "shibari" master Hajime Kinoko. Kinoko ...

Bound to Love is the name of the exhibition, featuring Japanese shibari. In Japanese, shibari means 'to tie'. The contemporary meaning of shibari describes the ancient Japanese artistic form of rope ...