Articles tagged: Shibari in society

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The new AV Law (AV新法, AV shinpo) came into force in Japan on June 23, 2022, and completely upended the country’s pornography industry and, with it, the professional shibari sector.

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The historical link between shibari and the porn industry is a historical fact, even if some would like to deny it.

In this article we look at the proliferation of images that imitate greeting cards or typical seasonal scenes as Christmas approaches.

To understand the place of erotic shibari in contemporary Japanese culture, it helps to know the context of fuzoku, the commercial sex industry in Japan, within which certain bondage-related services have historically been framed as well.

Gekijo (劇場) is a Japanese word meaning “theater” or “performance venue”.

The effects of the lockdown and the halt to public activities caused by COVID hit the Japanese professional shibari industry extremely hard.

Japonorama is the section dedicated to news, events and curiosities from the Japanese shibari scene.

Japonorama for December 2023: Hajime Kinoko’s North American tour and the reissue of Itoh Seiu’s work.

Japonorama for January 2024: the death of the model Kasumi Kana, the Fetish Bar Arcadia anniversary, SM Night 2 and a talk on shibari between Yagami Ren and Tenma Haru.

Japonorama for January and February 2024: Akechi Kanna and his Kinbaku Salon in Tokyo, a photo session with Hourai Kasumi in the snow, the memorial for Yukimura Haruki and the special edition of Coco Ropes.

This special summer edition of Japonorama brings together a selection of the venues that, in Shibari Dojo’s view, should be visited on a shibari tour of Japan.

The sixth edition of Japonorama, for September 2024. This edition covers, among other things, the Onawa Asobi festival and Tenma Haru’s shibari style.

The period around the turn of the year is busy in Japan, since New Year is celebrated twice within a few weeks: once following the Western calendar and once following the Chinese calendar.

Jo fu —sometimes ona fu— is the colloquial, shortened name used in Japan for 女性用風俗 (josei yo fuzoku): “paid sexual services for women”.

Kobetsu (個別) literally means “individual”.

It means “rope service”.

It means “service and satisfaction”.

During Japan’s decades of rapid economic growth, love hotels became a characteristic presence in the country’s urban landscape and popular culture.

On May 30, 2023, Shura: Rope Sisters (しゅら -縄の姉妹-), a film directed by Tohjiro, premiered at the Theater Guild Daikanyama in Tokyo, continuing his attempt to build bridges between the most extreme porn and independent auteur cinema.

The Kinbaku Society of Berlin (KSB) is a European collective of people interested in studying kinbaku and its sociocultural setting, from its origins to its current evolution, and the print magazine it has published since 2019.

Midori is a key figure on the international kink scene: writer, educator, performer, activist and committed. Her books, workshops and talks are a reference around the world.

Yūgen Studio Magazine (Yūgen SM) is a print shibari kinbaku magazine born at Yūgen Studio, the space devoted to bondage and Japanese culture that Federico Kirigami and Marta Tenshiko run in Milan (Italy).