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Is Japan’s Naughty Knotty BDSM Scene Too Dangerous?

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In Japan and the world, BDSM is going mainstream, and from show-bars to episodes of ‘Girls,’ kinbaku (also called shibari) is a thing. But so are the injuries.

Jake Adelstein
Jake Adelstein
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Rope and Photos by Leh
Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein

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