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Contents:

• THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
• THE 10 BEST JAPAN GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS JAPAN
• TOKYO GAY BARS
• GAY TOKYO
• THE BOYS OF SHJU: IS TOKYO'S GAY DISTRICT DOOMED?

THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO

MiguelLos Angel, CA26 ntributnsEagle is a pretty ol bar the gay block at Shju, the staff is very iendly and sce s a place wh a lot of ternatnal visors they speak English! Sexualy – homo or hetero – is nsired a private matter; It’s not flnted public displays of affectn or discsed.

That said, homosexualy is legal Japan, wh small protectns for gays, lbians and even transgenr people enacted mostly on a lol level. As openly gay travelers (who ed the word hband, but didn’t hold hands public), we felt pletely fortable and wele. This is where you’ll fd the gay neighbourhood and the most ncentrated dose of queer travel Japan offers.

Near the seedy red-light district is Ni-chome district, a clter of olr low-rise buildgs wh hundreds of tablishments oriented towards gay men.

THE 10 BEST JAPAN GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS JAPAN

OutAsia Travel offers night tours of Shju — basilly a gay gui to brg you to two or three of the bars that wele foreigners, and generally show you around. Dancg was banned Shju’s gay clubs startg Augt of 2012, wh signs and tabl stalled on the dance floor to ter dancg.

For the most extensive and up-to-date bar, club and sna listgs, the bt reference is A prtout of their gay map is also very eful. Full-erary planng assistance: In our search for assistance and rmatn, all gay roads Tokyo led to Shtaro, the owner of OutAsia Travel.

While some lol ernments issue same-sex unn certifit, gay marriage still isn’t regnized by the Japane ernment, and the Supreme Court recently led that transgenred people mt be sterilized before they n legally change their genr. On Valente’s Day, 13 gay and lbian upl sued the Japane ernment on the grounds that is a vlatn of their rights that same-sex marriage isn’t regnized. To help you add some LGBTQ flair to your next Japan trip, we’ve put together a list of the bt gay neighborhoods the untry and what to do there.

TOKYO GAY BARS

The pal cy boasts the largt gay district Japan, named “Shju Ni-chome” or simply “Ni-chome, ” about a 10-mute walk east om Shju Statn.

GAY TOKYO

Wh over a hundred bars and clubs Ni-chome for gay, lbian, transgenr, and ally clientele, ’s the perfect gay getaway.

The lbian bars Goldfger and Rabow Burro and gay clubs Dragon Men and Arty Farty are particularly welg to English-speakg ternatnal visors.

Tokyo is also where you’ll fd the yearly LGBTQ+ film ftival, Pri Para, and Rabow Ftival events, where thoands vis to celebrate gay culture and support the muny. While Tokyo has the largt gay district Japan, Osaka has ma great stris LGBT rights as the first cy Japan to allow same-sex upl to adopt children together.

THE BOYS OF SHJU: IS TOKYO'S GAY DISTRICT DOOMED?

Of the many excellent gay bars Doyama-cho, two “mt-vis” on are lbian bar WaaGwaan and gay bar Frenz Frenzy. WaaGwaan is the queen of lbian bars wh an credible vegan menu, and Frenz Frenzy the kg of gay bars wh a history of several celebri – cludg Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert – sgg karaoke at their tablishment. It’s famo for hostg the annual Snow Ftival that gathers crowds om all around the world, and also for s illtr gay scene.

Wh several gay bars centrally loted the So neighborhood, ’s easy to stop by after a skig vatn or a vis to Nikka Whiskey’s world-famo “The Nikka Bar” near Sapporo Statn. It’s an excg time for queer people and their alli, so If you have a chance to vis any of the areas Japan, we enurage you to stop by the neart gay district and celebrate! [1] The ftival was anized by a group of gay bar owners and attracted such a large number of participants that was impossible to move the streets.

Watchg the fireworks released at the end of the ftival brought tears to the ey of many gay men prent, gathered as they were Ni-chōme, the se of so many gay bars and full of so many memori. Fhimi Noriaki, a gay cric who has been posively engaged wh the mastream media om the begng of the 1990s, summed up the events of that day the gay magaze Badi wh the dntg phrase, 'the birth of the gay muny. ' In recent years, spe the difficulti of fg exactly what 'muny' might mean, the e of the phrase 'gay muny' has bee much more equent among gay men.