18 Photos of the Secret Gay Scene Tokyo

Contents:

• GAY TOKYO
• GAY TOKYO
• THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
• SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD
• TOKYO GAY MAP
• TOKYO GAY MAP
• SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD
• THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO

GAY 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.

GAY TOKYO

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.

His father grabbed his arm and walked out, gmblg "It's a homo sna.

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

Pretty much every gay man Tokyo has some fond memori of Kuo. Margaret llected more than ten thoand gay, lbian, homosexual, and drag queen theme books. Toshiyi's first gay experience was durg summer mp, when he was 14.

Growg up on Okawa island, Maily Moo knew he was gay, but uldn't e out to his father when asked about his sexualy.

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SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD

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TOKYO GAY MAP

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! 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!

Shju‘s Ni-Chome (also wrten as 2-Chome) area is the heart of Tokyo’s gay scene. In orr to keep gay iendly, on Friday and Sunday night ladi have to brg along a gay male chaperone. A gay bar and old-school dis hub, this Tokyo stutn has been around sce 1966 and is still as popular as ever.

TOKYO GAY MAP

This zy cktail bar is all about gay art. The man behd the bar, Master Tac, is a lol legend and an in the gay art scene.

Tokyo Gay MapOur teractive Tokyo gay map.

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).

SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD

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.

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

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.

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! For more sual fare, some gay bars and f also offer food cludg Alamas Cafe and women-only Dorobune.