Japan has all for gay travellers. From the chaotic streets of Tokyo to the quiet onsens of Hakone, the history of Kyoto, and the sumptuo food Osaka.
Contents:
- BT TOURIST-IENDLY GAY BARS SHJU NI-CHOME
- JAPAN GAY TRAVEL
- TOKYO GAY NIGHT TOURS WH TOKYO HANDSOME BOYS
- SHJU 2 CHOME GAY TOWN
- THE 10 BEST SHJU GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU
- TOKYO GAY NIGHT TOUR
- A GAY GUI TO NI-CHOME, SHJU
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
- TOKYO GAY MAP
BT TOURIST-IENDLY GAY BARS SHJU NI-CHOME
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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.
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JAPAN GAY TRAVEL
Everythg LGBTQ travelers need to do Tokyo and the gay Ni-Chome neighborhood, cludg where to stay, where to eat, and the bt bars. * tokyo gay guide *
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.
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TOKYO GAY NIGHT TOURS WH TOKYO HANDSOME BOYS
New to Shju Ni-chome, Tokyo’s legendary gay neighbourhood? Start your night at the tourist-iendly bars * tokyo gay guide *
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. Tokyo Gay Night Tour and the Tokyo Lbian Night Tour.
SHJU 2 CHOME GAY TOWN
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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. This is pecially te Tokyo where some of the district urts have begun to uphold gay civil rights and put laws to place to protect. In se you aren’t aware, ni-chome is nsired the gay hub of Tokyo.
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THE 10 BEST SHJU GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU
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One of the largt and olst (1992) Asia, Rabow Reel Tokyo shows films about all LGBTQ mori beyond lbian and gay, which are also clud of urse! If you’re a gay man, may tert you to know that there is a small cha of bathho terg to you. 15 plac sorted by traveler favorDner Theaters • Gay BarsWhat travelers are saygMiguelLos Angel, CA26 ntributnsExplorg the area I ma up my list and we had the Mcle Bar Black Nu on our list, the staff is very iendly and we had a nice eveng wh them and the other ctomers even if we don’t speak Japane, we drk, we sg and left happy!
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TOKYO GAY NIGHT TOUR
Top Shju Gay Clubs & Bars: See reviews and photos of Gay Clubs & Bars Shju, Japan on Tripadvisor. * tokyo gay guide *
Visors to Tokyo the send half of July n enjoy the Rabow Reel Tokyo, Internatnal Lbian & Gay Film Ftival which has been an important cultural event sce s tablishment 1991! Gay Osaka. Vis Gay Osaka was created to velop unique experienc foced around staabily, diversy, and valy wh the aim of makg Osaka an LGBTQ-iendly space for visors.
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A GAY GUI TO NI-CHOME, SHJU
Travel Gay gui to Ni-Chome's gay scene, Shju Tokyo. Ni-Chome, Shju is Tokyo's gay district. Bt gay bars, clubs, events and culture. * tokyo gay guide *
Planng to vis Osaka’s gay bars but you don't know where to start?
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans. * tokyo gay guide *
An English speakg gui will take you to some of the bt gay bars around where you n enjoy drkg the pany of Drag Queens. He was open and hont about what is like to be gay Japan and he opened doors, lerally and figuratively, to the hidn world of the gay bars and loung Nichome.
Outsi of the few bigger dance clubs, the Nichome gay bar scene is much more personal and timate than I was ed to g om the US. Read our transparency report to learn was a great gui for our group of three iends who wanted to explore the gay nightlife scene Tokyo.
Read our transparency report to learn 2019Naoki is as kd as he is passnate about gay Tokyo! We uldn't believe there are over 400 gay bars Tokyo when the Lonely Pla book has 1 sgular page about LGBTQ night life/culture their gui book.
GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
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Read our transparency report to learn SSydney, Atralia49 ntributnsWe did the gay bar tour last night (Monday). Lots of fun experiencg the gay district wh a lol. 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. Sexualy – homo or hetero – is nsired a private matter; It’s not flnted public displays of affectn or discsed. Bee of this, much of lol gay life is not jt hidn – ’s accsible.
TOKYO GAY MAP
That said, homosexualy is legal Japan, wh small protectns for gays, lbians and even transgenr people enacted mostly on a lol level. Japane travel provirs are also startg to regnise the gay travel market.