Oh, the Japanese. Why do they so love tying each other (themselves) up? Because, I imagine, its fun if you’re into that sort of thing. Case in point: Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki is apparently “Admired for his sensual photographs of exotic flowers and scorned for his controversial pictures of young women tied up with ropes in the “kinbaku” style of sexual bondage…” View a whole gallery of these stunning works at Flavorwire.