Tokyo Gay Night Tours wh Tokyo Handsome Boys - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (wh Photos)

Contents:

• GAY TOKYO
• SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD
• GAY TOKYO · CY GUI
• TOKYO GAY NIGHT TOURS WH TOKYO HANDSOME BOYS

GAY TOKYO

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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

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.

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.

TOKYO GAY NIGHT TOURS WH TOKYO HANDSOME BOYS

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