Bt tourist-iendly gay bars Shju Ni-chome | Time Out Tokyo

Contents:

• (N2) NOGE JOYFUL (AND GAY TOWN) MAP, YOKOHAMA 野毛ジョイフルマップ
• THE 10 BEST SHJU GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU
• SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD
• BT TOURIST-IENDLY GAY BARS SHJU NI-CHOME
• TOKYO GAY NIGHT TOURS WH TOKYO HANDSOME BOYS
• THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
• SHJU 2 CHOME GAY TOWN
• GAY AREA OF TOKYO & OSAKA - TOKYO FOM
• 4 SHJU GAY BARS WH A RELAXG FOREIGN-FRIENDLY VIBE

(N2) NOGE JOYFUL (AND GAY TOWN) MAP, YOKOHAMA 野毛ジョイフルマップ

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

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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

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BT TOURIST-IENDLY GAY BARS SHJU NI-CHOME

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 TOURS WH TOKYO HANDSOME BOYS

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The followg three photos: (1) “Gay Town Noge” webse map; (2) the Kouonza theater; (3) Noge Daidogei poster om 1987. Noge, Yokohama gay bar list. @GAYTOWNNOGE on Twter.

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

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! 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.

SHJU 2 CHOME GAY TOWN

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If you’re a gay man, may tert you to know that there is a small cha of bathho terg to you. 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?

GAY AREA OF TOKYO & OSAKA - TOKYO FOM

Which brgs on to the next pot of gettg your money’s worth the gayborhood—htg up the happy hours! Add this to your next gay-tn: Shju Nichome Tokyo is home to the world’s hight ncentratn of gay bars a sgle area. 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.

4 SHJU GAY BARS WH A RELAXG FOREIGN-FRIENDLY VIBE

You’ll fd both gay bars and lbian bars here.

Shju Nichome (gay area). 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.

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