20 May, 2006

ShibariCon '06



For anyone into rope bondage, especially the Japanese variety, Shibari, note that next weekend brings ShibariCon in Chicago. It is billed as the largest rope bondage convention in the world. The con will be held at The Purple Hotel which is technically in Lincolnwood, but it is within spitting distance of the city limits. (And there's a 24-hour bagel/bialy bakery just west of the hotel on Touhy Road!)

Shibari, as I noted above, is a variety of rope bondage from The Land of the Rising Sun. It involves tying someone up in such a manner that he or she derives pleasure from the pressure of the ropes.

No doubt you'll see fellow Wisconsonian, Graydancer, there. Graydancer is a shibari expert and he has his own podcast on the subject, Rope Weekly.

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