Bangkok Kinbaku Lab

Bangkok Kinbaku Lab describes itself on X as a shibari event organizer based in Bangkok and active since 2023. Its Ticketmelon profile says the group is led by the Thai rigger Topp Shibari. It also publishes a Thai-language podcast whose first episode (February 2024) explains words used in shibari. The Lab has no studio of its own: its events are ticketed on Ticketmelon, open to people aged 20 and over, described in English and Thai, and held at rented venues such as Buffalo Bridge Gallery, G Village in Lat Phrao and Sintear Bar.

Guest teachers and shows

The Lab’s main work is bringing Japanese and international teachers to Bangkok for a mix of performance, workshop and social tying.

• Hajime Kinoko first came to Bangkok in 2023 and returned on 20-21 June 2026 for “Amazing Tied-Land”. The show day at G Village opened with performances by Ropeholics from Singapore and the Japanese performers Wataru Shindo and Zima & Asame, followed by Kinoko building and using one of his web installations. The next day he taught a workshop at Sintear Bar on a top-rope takate kote, his hip harness, the line connecting the two and transitions in suspension, with an optional futomomo suspension. Tickets were 3,500 THB for the show (per person) and for the workshop (per couple).
• Gorgone, co-founder of the online school Shibari Study, taught “Chaotic Bodies” on 14 February 2026 at Buffalo Bridge Gallery, an advanced workshop on more extreme and painful rope structures, and gave an evening show.
• Kasumi Hourai returned for a third Bangkok visit on 23 October 2026 with “Beauty & Melancholy” at Buffalo Bridge Gallery, a performance night with the Japanese newcomer Rai Shibariski and the Thai rigger Bunny Usagi on the bill.

Rope jams

Several Lab events pair the headline program with a salon-style rope jam where people tie and talk. The evening jam after Kinoko’s workshop followed the spirit of his Tokyo Ichinawa Salon and was explicitly open to people without rope experience who wanted to see what a jam looks like, and the October 2026 show began with an afternoon salon open to all. In November 2026 the Lab’s X account announced a further Sunday workshop with a visiting artist, booked by direct message.