A list of plac to eat, drk and party Shju Nichome — Tokyo's gay district — that are easy on the wallet.
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SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD
Shju Ni-Chome has the hight ncentratn of gay and lbian bars of any neighborhood the world. * gay section of tokyo *
Shju Ni-Chome, or send district of Shju, has the hight ncentratn of gay and lbian bars the world, wh an timated 350 bars one cy block, providg for every different kd of taste.
The book Shju Story is a rult of terviewg gay and lbian bar owners and bartenrs over the past three Shju Ni Chome are like livg rooms, through often even smaller than those you'd fd hom the Uned Stat. Bars Shju are also secret livg rooms where we n share our stori, where everyone n be who they want to Senju is a Brooklyn-based photographer who recently published his book Shju Story, where more than 45 gay bar owners om Tokyo were terviewed and photographed. One day while he was middle school, his father accintally brought him to gay sna Asaka after a horse race, thkg was a regular sna.
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The area is home to high ncentratn of gay bars, clubs and rtrants—but how do you choose where to go?
Which brgs on to the next pot of gettg your money’s worth the gayborhood—htg up the happy hours! The lg is fal and nnot be has fallen behd s global peers regnizg gay and transgenr rights. It is the only member of the Group of 7 natns that has not legalized same-sex month, the Japane Parliament passed a bill that outlawed “unfair discrimatn” and promoted “unrstandg” of gay and transgenr people, a measure that rights advot emed sufficient and watered down om a bill submted natn’s urts have been more sympathetic to gay and transgenr rights.
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