Video Series: Kawakami Yuu (SM Sniper)
SM Sniper has released a series of four videos all featuring model Kawakami Yuu tied by top Japanese rope masters, inlcuding Akira Naka, Yukimura...
Japanese Rope: It Isn’t Always What We Think
When people think of kinbaku, one of the first things they picture is the rope. The tradition of using natural fiber rope, asanawa, dates...
Interview with Yoi Yoshida
Yoi Yoshida san was my first real contact into the world of Japanese Kinbaku and I was lucky enough to be invited to her Onawa...
The Eroticization of Suffering (Updated)
Red Sabbath explains how she eroticizes the experience of semenawa.
Happy Birthday Kinbaku Today!
Kinbaku Today is now 3 years old. Since our launch, Kinbaku Today has been visited by more then 150,000 people who have looked at...
Kinbaku – An Evolving Era – Part 1
KINBAKU TODAY CHRISTMAS DEBATE
The COVID crisis has given us all pause for thought. Seeing how Kinbaku has evolved, is a new era appearing on...
Sharing a Legacy: Sugiura Norio and Showa Era Kinbaku
My personal interest in kinbaku began decades ago, downloading pictures on my computer before there was an Internet. Every month or so, I would...
Remembering Yukimura Sensei
Today, March 3rd, is the fifth anniversary of the passing of Yukimura Haruki, a man I was proud to call my teacher and my...
Kotobazeme
As with all things Japanese, translating the meaning of a word into a western language is fraught with difficulty. Take the word aoi as...
Model Spotlight: Kawakami Yuu (川上ゆう)
Kawakami Yuu, born March 3, 1982, is one of Japan's best known and most prolific kinbaku models and video stars. Originally performing as Morino Shizuku (debuting...
The Magic Triangle or the art of aesthetically staged devotion
Japanese rope bondage or shibari consists of more than a rope artist and his model - in its most beautiful form it expresses devotion...
The Bonds of Kinbaku: Urado Hiroshi’s Legacy
This month Chikuma Shobo published Bakushi: Scenes from Nikkatsu's Roman Porno SM Dramas, the biography of legendary movie rigger Urado Hiroshi. Urado Hirsohi has a very...