Cats Downstairs Rope Salon

Cats Downstairs Rope Salon, 2018–, is a studio in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.

2018–

Era: 2010s

Taipei rope salon and studio founded in 2018. The official about page describes Cats Downstairs as a long-running shibari practice space that moved within Taipei in 2021 and, from 2023 onward, expanded into a more active rope-culture host with salons, figure-drawing collaborations, markets, guest artists and international workshops. Since 2024 it has operated a new shared studio near Yuanshan Station together with The Suspended Canvas, framed as a multicultural, gender-friendly rope base with multiple suspension points.

People associated with Cats Downstairs Rope Salon: Tamandua.