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- THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
- SHJU 2 CHOME GAY TOWN
- GAY ACTIVI TOKYO - TOKYO FOM
- THE 10 BEST SHJU GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU
THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
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SHJU 2 CHOME GAY TOWN
Everythg LGBTQ travelers need to do Tokyo and the gay Ni-Chome neighborhood, cludg where to stay, where to eat, and the bt bars. * gay things to do tokyo *
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GaijPot Travel, a webse for English-speakg expats (and would-be expats, also featur a helpful page of Tokyo LGBTQ plac to check out, om f to nightlife, pl Japane gay bar etiquette and other helpful cultural hts. ), and Shju Ni-chome's 24 Kaikan Shju adds a whole lot of gay cisg and actn to the mix, wh eight floors of facili cludg steam room, dark rooms, and private bs (for a premium).
Kick thgs off wh the misleadgly named New Sazae, which is actually Tokyo's olst gay bar— opened 1966—and pays plenty of homage to s past wh s r and "funky dis" and soul mic nights. AiSOTOPE Lounge, possibly the district's biggt gay venue, boasts two dance floors, a stage, and mix thgs up wh men-only (and very cisy! For more sual fare, some gay bars and f also offer food cludg Alamas Cafe and women-only Dorobune.
THE 10 BEST SHJU GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU
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Tokyo Gay Night Tour and the Tokyo Lbian Night Tour. As many of the statns Ni-Chome are separated by sexual preference, there are two distct queer nightlife tours offered: one for gay men and another for lbian women.
Both the gay and lbian night tours are operated by the same pany and last roughly three hours om start to fish. Japan’s cultural norms and s attus around homosexualy are difficult to terpret.
LGBTQ+ travel expert Ed Salvato shows around the gayborhood and shar his safety tips.