Shju Nichome: Stretchg Your Yen Tokyo's Gay District | Tokyo Cheapo

Contents:

• TOKYO GAY
• LE GUI HOR DU TOKYO GAY
• SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD
• QUARTIER GAY à TOKYO ?
• QUARTIER GAY à TOKYO
• GAY TOKYO · CY GUI

TOKYO GAY

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LE GUI HOR DU TOKYO GAY

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The center of Japan's gay universe his pla sight, smack dab the 7-square-e district (or ward) of Shju, Tokyo. A 10 or 15-mute walk om btlg Shju Statn brgs you to a quieter, more rintial feelg sectn of the cy lled Shju Ni-chome, which is home to at least a hundred LGBTQ bars and clubs, a sna plex, and gay-centric shops brimmg wh clothg, accsori, paraphernalia, and adult goods. 2, " which offer a ep dive to Shju Ni-chome's history and how beme the "gayborhood" is today, wh glimps behd the closed doors.

SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD

And 2019, Queer Eye dispatched s Fab Five to Tokyo for a season to dig to the culture and gay life. Queer men n also get the si sop on Tokyo gay life, and possibly make a iend (or more), via the app 9Monsters: s chat functn nveniently to translat English to Japane and vice versa, and there's a b of Pokemon cutens to the way assigns a kd of creature (or Monster) to the er and the type of guy they seem to like. 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.

QUARTIER GAY à TOKYO ?

), 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.

QUARTIER GAY à TOKYO

Tokyo rege d’animatn, et sa vie gay ssi. Même si la culture nippone t très nservatrice et repose sur s norm social strict, le Japon t, avec Taïwan, l’un s rar pays d’Asie qui acceptent vraiment lr munté gay.

De pl en pl lolés japonais (dont, à Tokyo, l arrondissements spécix Shibuya et Setagaya) ont légalisé l unns civil homosexuell. Cette attu progrsiste ntribue à faire du Japon une statn gay premier ordre.

GAY TOKYO · CY GUI

L s à savoir sur le Tokyo gay. Tokyo t une mégalopole gigantque, me le rappellent l Nomadic Boys, ux spécialist du voyage gay. Le quartier Ni-chōme, se l’arrondissement  Shju, t le quartier gay officix où tout se passe.

La vie nocturne gay à Tokyo. La munté LGBTQ t très présente à Shju, en particulier dans le quartier Ni-Chome, où l’on trouve s bars, s boît et tr merc gays où passer la nu à danser, à boire et à faire s renntr. Il y a près d’une centae pets bars gays, dont certas accueillent s rts.

Pour l tourist, Arty Farty et Dragon Men sont l établissements gays ntournabl Tokyo. Dragon Men t un tre bar gay où l tourist sont l bienven.