Fetish Bar Curiouss ◆ フェティッシュ バー キュリオス
Fetish/Rope bar opened in September 2024 Small rope-oriented fetish bar. Performance space with 2 suspension points.
Marukunawa
https://marukunawa.wordpress.com/rope-places-in-tokyo-area/List of rope and kink-oriented places, from a longtime Tokyo resident rigger.
Arabesque ◆ アラベスク
Fairly large happ bar in Shinjuku
Mille Feuille ミルフォイユ
Relatively new, somewhat small, Shibuya happening bar with quality food. Note: [as of July 2024] it is mandatory to wear a (decorative) mask (cosplay or otherwise) inside the bar.
Hotel LaPia
Regular Love Hotel with a few BDSM rooms: St Andrew’s cross, bed-installed restraints… ht: @Sondyr
Milky Way ◆ ミルキーウェイ
Cozy SM/Fetish/Kinbaku bar, set-up as a Happening Bar (membership system, single/couple pricing etc), but not geared at vanilla sex. Holding weekly lessons/salons on rope and other BDSM practices (check schedule for details of the day’s theme). Foreigner-friendly, but all lessons
Bar Honey Trap ◆ ハニートラップ
Ueno Happ Bar with lush interior. [According to website, unverified] Foreigners are allowed to register with passport/gaijin card (Japanese must present Health Insurance Card). Smoking section separated from the main room.
Scarlet ◆ スカーレット東京
Recent addition to the Happ Bar scene opened in January 2023.Fairly large (former Bliss Out location), overall relaxed rules.
Olive21 ◆ オリーブ21
Long-established Couple Kissa (only allows paired couples), swinging-oriented. Men must be able to speak Japanese (regardless of their companion abilities). BDSM play is not authorised. Discourages guy-on-guy action (girl-on-girl OK).
MK Studio
Large BDSM studio often used for films. Previously used by Hajime Kinoko for Ichinawakai classes and salons (before moving to Kicolit). Can be rented by the hour. Kurumi-san, the owner of the studio (himself a longtime rigger occasionally performing around
Hotel S&M Rochelle ◆ ホテルロッシェル
S&M-oriented hotel, located quite far south from the the centre. Has a few rooms equipped with S&M gear (best to check online for availability before traipsing there).
TKS Oasis Lounge
Somewhat monthly casual (no-dresscode) lounge event organised by the Tokyo Kink Society, taking place at Bar Suree in Ebisu. Check website for schedule.
Studio Kicolit ◆ Ichinawakai
Hajime Kinoko’s Ichinawakai rope studio. Weekly lessons on Tuesday nights. Rope salon every first Friday of the month. Details in English here.
For Your pleasure
High-end fetish and fetish-adjacent clothing.
Bar Tied-Up
Small rope bar in Kabukicho. Not particularly foreigner-friendly (see comments).
Hotel Maxim ◆ ホテルマキシム
Love Hotel catering exclusively to BDSM. Choice of well-equipped rooms. Hotel is located well outside the city centre, and probably not worth the trip unless already in the general area.
Bar Mitsu
Legendary Tokyo kinbakushi Shigonawa Bingo’s rope bar. Tiny bar with enough sitting room for half a dozen punters, and a small tatami area where the staff will occasionally tie willing customers. These days, Bingo will only be there a few
Bar Arcadia
S&M Bar managed by Tokyo kinbakushi Doyama Tesshin. Regulars meet there to chat and drink. Staff will occasionally provide (light) S&M and shibari services. Same building, one floor down from Titty Twister.
Ogawa Rope ◆ 小川ロープ
Small (non-kinky) store selling all types of ropes (for construction, wrapping etc). They carry jute, linen & coconut ropes, that can be purchased by the length (or by spools of ~120m). Famous for being where many established Tokyo riggers get