Gay Tokyo service provirs, gay-owned bs and LGBT anisatns Tokyo, Japan. Reviews, photos, gay map, rmatn. Updated for 2023.
Contents:
- SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD
- THE 10 BEST SHJU GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU
- THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
- GAY TOKYO
- GAY TOKYO · SERVIC
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS TOKYO
- (N2) NOGE JOYFUL (AND GAY TOWN) MAP, YOKOHAMA 野毛ジョイフルマップ
- THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
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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.
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.
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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!
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Shju Nichome is known as Tokyo’s gay district.
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! 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. From gay, lbian, and transgenr, bars are crammed to the area. If you’re feelg shy or anx about gog alone, why not get a lol gay gui to show you the bt plac Nicho?
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There are many optns to choose om and the aforementned lol gay gui n easily show you the hot spots as well! 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.
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Shju Nichome - ually referred to as Nichome the vernacular - is an area Shju that’s bee Tokyo’s centre of gay subculture. Wh several hundred gay bars, nightclubs, love hotels, f, rtrants, massage parlors and more wh five blocks, there are plenty of drkg and aternizg optns for the queer tourist Tokyo. You’ll fd both gay bars and lbian bars here.
Shju Nichome (gay area). 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Tokyo has hundreds of gay bars, but only a handful wele foreigners. As openly gay travelers (who ed the word hband, but didn’t hold hands public), we felt pletely fortable and wele.
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