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Contents:
- SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD
- THE BOYS OF SHJU: IS TOKYO'S GAY DISTRICT DOOMED?
- TOKYO GAY NIGHT TOURS WH TOKYO HANDSOME BOYS
- THE SPATIALISATN OF DIRE A JAPANE GAY DISTRICT THROUGH SIGNAGE
- TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN TOKYO
SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD
A list of plac to eat, drk and party Shju Nichome — Tokyo's gay district — that are easy on the wallet. * japanese gay district *
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! Bar hoppg through the gayt nightspot wtern Japan.
THE BOYS OF SHJU: IS TOKYO'S GAY DISTRICT DOOMED?
Tokyo's gay scene is 300 bars and clubs packed to two blocks, where, perhaps surprisgly an otherwise regimented society, has been anythg go for s. So why, asks our Tokyo rrponnt David McNeill, is the wilst party town g to an end? * japanese gay district *
Doyama has also gaed another reputatn over the last 30 years or so — ’s regard by many as the gayt district wtern Japan. This popular sna has long been a gay cisg spot for steamy enunters.
Gay bars and clubs are sprkled among seedier venu like massage parlors and brothels, many advertised at “ee rmatn” ksks (remember, nothg life is “ee”).
Many of the ls seedy gay venu n be exclive and not welg to new or foreign visors. Though Doyamacho is an LGBT-iendly district much the same ve as Shju’s Ni-Chome, the emphasis here is on the “G” — sce most Doyama bars ter to homosexual men. Photo: waagwaanA lbian-owned bar Osaka's gay district.
TOKYO GAY NIGHT TOURS WH TOKYO HANDSOME BOYS
For s Shju Nichome has been a rare haven for Tokyo gay culture, but recently the face of the neighborhood has been shiftg. * japanese gay district *
Frenz Frenzy is one of the most easy gog and beloved gay bars Osaka.
THE SPATIALISATN OF DIRE A JAPANE GAY DISTRICT THROUGH SIGNAGE
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Stop here early and enjoy some karaoke (before you’re too dnk to make out words on a screen) and see for yourself why this bar lls self “the gayt” Osaka.
Run by Osaka’s “godfather of gay” for nearly 20 years, this energetic bar ptur ctomers wh s sparkly and spac terr. Nightly, a balanced group of gay, straight, foreign and lol people gather to mix and mgle. Otherwise known as “the bar formerly known as Physique Pri, ” G Physique is a roomy and vg gay bar.
TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN TOKYO
This excg club is probably the most popular gay venue Osaka, so swg by even if you’re not a dancer (though, if you’ve been drkg, you probably will be by the time you arrive).
Ken’s Club and Garn Cerkle: Adjacent gay clubs Namba.
Shsekai: A historic and excg amement area south Osaka wh some bars terg to olr gay men.