Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2012
Japan’s ultimate freak show’s 10th anniversary looks nothing short of a complete catastrophe as Norwegian fakir-style body modification performers Pain Solution, Austrian “aktionist” Rudolf Eb.er, and San fran-based female bondage master Midori are unleashed from the underground. Faint-of-heart beware amputee model Kotone, and risqué theatrical group Gokiburi Combinato. These all-night extravaganzas begin where fetish, bondage and cosplay end, taking in everything from burlesque groups to septuagenarian strippers.
