Ginza Black Heart (銀座ブラックハート)

Black Heart is a fetish bar in the basement of a Ginza building. Its rope page says the bar’s kinbaku class has run since the bar opened, for close to thirty years by the Japanese text (the English version says 25), and names the late Akechi Denki among those who once taught it. No current teacher is named.

The class

The class meets on the second and fourth Sunday afternoon of each month and must be booked at least two days ahead, first come, first served; the English page gives a limit of six participants. It is open to beginners and to people who have trained elsewhere, and the bar stresses careful safety management. According to the English page it runs from ushiro-te ties up to suspension; the Japanese page does not mention suspension. Solo participants do not need to bring a partner, because the bar’s female staff act as models, tied over clothing and without any sexual element, while couples tie each other. As listed in November 2026, the class cost ¥12,000 for one person and ¥15,000 for a couple, tax included, and first-time participants pay in advance by card.

Other rope evenings

Kinbaku Night, on the first Saturday of the month, is a social evening for guests who like rope or want to learn about it; the bar notes that it has no resident bakushi and that its staff look after guests. Otome Nawakai, on the third Saturday in the late afternoon, is a small women-only lesson for beginners and returning guests, who learn basic single-rope ties at their own pace while a staff member explains safety. The bar also stages occasional rope shows by its cast, and has hosted a long-running reading-and-rope series produced by the former Nikkatsu actress Saotome Hiromi.

Approach

The bar describes kinbaku as having both an artistic and an erotic side, with an appeal that reaches beyond SM, and presents its rope evenings as a way to experience that world.