FETISH BDSM BAR IN TOKYO, JAPAN: GUINEA PIG. STRANGEST, WEIRDEST GOTH BARS IN KABUKI-CHO, SHINJUKU.
A writhing snake, spooky Asian girls and metal chains… What’s this — a haunted house? A Torture Garden of Good and Evil?
Welcome to Guinea Pig, a BDSM fetish bar in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Where disturbing, bloody videos play on the big screen TV…
Where the decoration consists of guro-baby mannequins, decapitated heads and horror art…
And where the owner is super-genki and fabulous! Only in Japan, right?
After we left the metal bar with the Nazi outfit on the wall, I took the Australian TV crew to Guinea Pig. Tim had no qualms about wrapping the resident pet snake around his hands — and letting it kiss him on the lips.
If you’re read my Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo book, then you’re familiar with this juxtaposition by now: horrifying, kitschy and kawaii (cute), all on the same shelf.
I’m not sure I’d hire this interior decorator to spruce up my apartment.
However, the special grapefruit cocktails and jasmine chu-his are delightful. And the crowd in this small bar is always friendly, with a wicked sense of humor.
The bathroom is covered in horror B-movie posters.
No comment…
Address: 東京都新宿区歌舞伎町２－４１－３. Shinjuku, Kabukicho, 2-41-3, third floor.
It’s a little hard to find Guinea Pig… From the Kabuki-cho koban (police box), walk north until you reach the playground under construction. Guinea Pig is in a building on the right, filled with small bars and fronted with a white winding staircase.
Have you ever been to a fetish / S&M bar? What’s the weirdest drinking establishment you’ve ever visited?
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I’d go there- Christon cafe is getting old
What does “genki” mean? sorry :/
Energetic, healthy, ^__^
Pretty much the only themed cafe here in Ljubljana, Slovenia. But it’s nice.
http://www.prskelet.com/main.php?lang=en&mod=gags&pic=12 (click on the gray RIP spots to see the pics and explanation)
Otherwise yeah, Christon. And Les Furieux in Paris, if it can be considered Gothic. But we did roping there too ^^
Oh wow, very interesting! I’d LOVE to visit. Great places to keep in mind – thank you!
Wow that bar looks pretty fun!
So one day this lovely adult playground will be next to a regular playground? Well it is in a building full of bars so I guess it can’t scare too many people in the playground lol.
heh the playground is in Kabuki-cho, the red light district / adult playground… playground within a playground, next to a building full of playgrounds O_O
Haha awesome. Well I know many adults who like to go on the swings late at night. In that neighborhood one would just have to specify what kind of swing XD
That Guinea Pig does appear to be a weird bar, but a “safe” weird by the look of it.
OMFG I’m totally gonna hit up that bar in the spring. I spy a Buck-Tick poster <3
You must! I love this place.
and the bartender Roxy is awesome <3
Roxy! <3
I haven’t been to it yet, but I want to check out the Double Down Saloon in NYC http://www.doubledownsaloon.com/ . I’ve been saying that for awhile though I think I’ll have to make the trip downtown.
Ohh I went to the Las Vegas one! http://lacarmina.com/2010/03/downtown-las-vegas-bars-indie-alternative-goth-clubs-nightlife-in-vegas-amazing-race-goth-team-at-magic-marketplace-clothing-expo/
Awesome! I’ll have to let you know how the NYC one is now!
… I’m guessing it will be less sketchy than the one in Vegas haah
Well the NYC doesn’t have gambling or.. it shouldn’t.
haha, I love that place
cute cute cute <3
All those horror posters on the wall look cool. And it’s awesome the owner keeps a drawing of himself having a snake going through his melting face. XD (is it suppose to be him?)
Those s&m clubs all bore me!!! I enjoy strange, but they look like something a church choir girl decorated. What we need is a club full of yuppies who are all brutally tortured and made to dring dog piss…something like Starbucks!!! or something…
Sleeping Beauty and KunKun are worth checking out. Managed by rope master Kinoko Hajime
We’re friends with Hajime! Here are pics – http://lacarmina.com/2010/10/shinjuku-host-clubs-australian-travel-tv-show-visits-golden-gai-punk-rock-visual-kei-bars-kabuko-cho/
We were just in St Petersburg with Kinoko-san and Sakura :-)