In Tokyo, a man watches a woman slowly bind another with ropes attached to chains hanging from the ceiling. But this is no S&M bar, it's a workshop led by "shibari" master Hajime Kinoko.

Furious residents are campaigning for the removal of a sculpture where a woman is depicted wrapped in sheet and tied up with a piece of rope. Ariadne (Wrapped) was unveiled outside Cambridge ...

A 100-year-old rope-making machine is still in operation and it is available for demonstrations as part of the attraction.

Hajime Kinoko, one of Japan's best-known artists of "shibari" or rope art, works on a human-shaped project made from rope, at his studio in Tokyo ...