Gay map Tokyo wh all bars, clubs, snas and hotels 2023

Contents:

• THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
• THE 10 BEST SHJU GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU
• BT TOURIST-IENDLY GAY BARS SHJU NI-CHOME
• GAY BAR & CLUB DRAGON MEN
• TOP 10 GAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU (TOKYO)GAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU
• TOKYO GAY MAP
• THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
• GAY TOKYO · CY GUI
• THE BT GAY BARS SEOUL

THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO

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! MiguelLos Angel, CA26 ntributnsEagle is a pretty ol bar the gay block at Shju, the staff is very iendly and sce s a place wh a lot of ternatnal visors they speak English!

Gay barsAiiRO CAFEDragon MenEagle TokyoGay dance clubsEagle Tokyo Blue. 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. That said, homosexualy is legal Japan, wh small protectns for gays, lbians and even transgenr people enacted mostly on a lol level.

THE 10 BEST SHJU GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU

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. Tokyo gayborhood. This is where you’ll fd the gay neighbourhood and the most ncentrated dose of queer travel Japan offers.

BT TOURIST-IENDLY GAY BARS SHJU NI-CHOME

Near the seedy red-light district is Ni-chome district, a clter of olr low-rise buildgs wh hundreds of tablishments oriented towards gay men.

Dpe the hundreds of gay bars Tokyo, there are only a few optns for non-Japane speakg ctomers.

GAY BAR & CLUB DRAGON MEN

OutAsia Travel offers night tours of Shju — basilly a gay gui to brg you to two or three of the bars that wele foreigners, and generally show you around. Dancg was banned Shju’s gay clubs startg Augt of 2012, wh signs and tabl stalled on the dance floor to ter dancg. For the most extensive and up-to-date bar, club and sna listgs, the bt reference is A prtout of their gay map is also very eful.

Full-erary planng assistance: In our search for assistance and rmatn, all gay roads Tokyo led to Shtaro, the owner of OutAsia Travel.

Good Heavens Brish Bar TokyoAddrs:2F, 5-32-5 Daizawa, Setagaya-ku TokyoHours:Mon-Fri 6pm-1am; Sat, Sun & hols 2pm-2am10. Miki’s Art Cafe | HatagayaIf you ever get lost the streets of Hatagaya, you should head for the refuge of a warm and zy bar lled Miki’s.

TOP 10 GAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU (TOKYO)GAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU

Miki's Art CafeJapane:ミキズAddrs:3-16-3Hatagaya, 16, Shibuya Cy, Tokyo11.

Rints range om outrageoly out-there, alien, and genr-bent to culturally tradnal and polilly nservative (though 's worth notg that the past few years have seen LGBTQ activists elected to ernment offic cludg Kanako Otsuji, the first openly gay member of the Hoe of Reprentativ, and 2019, Taiga Ishikawa to Japan's Hoe of Councillors). To w, some of the most popular genr of manga and anime are gay-themed "yaoi" and "BL" (short for "boylove") romanc, which sell like gangbters among Japane femal and have spired dozens of live-actn movi the same ve. " about a gay uple and the wonrful food they nsume (which has spired viewers to create those dish at home).

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.

TOKYO GAY MAP

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.

THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO

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.

GAY TOKYO · CY GUI

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 BT GAY BARS SEOUL

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Gay & Lbian Communy! It has bee trendy for gay men to set the plac up apartments the suburban areas, sometim wh sheets hung to create "rooms, " wh a VCR playg vios and ubiquo tissue box sttered about.