Shju 2 Chome Gay Town - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

Contents:

• SHJU 2 CHOME GAY TOWN
• A GAY GUI TO NI-CHOME, SHJU
• THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
• THE 10 BEST SHJU GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU

SHJU 2 CHOME GAY TOWN

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!Alamas CaféAddrs:1F, 2 Chome−12−1 Shju, Tokyo, 160-0022Hours:Wed to Thu: 5 pm to 12 am | Fri to Sat: 5 pm to 3 am | Sun: 3 pm to 12 am | Closed Monday and TuadayWhere to drkEagle Tokyo BluePhoto by Yana K A newer bar Nichome, has a properly separated smokg area, and space to dance. 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).

A GAY GUI TO NI-CHOME, 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.

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.

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

), 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. Progrsive and posive chang for LGBTQ+ upl Tokyo make an creasgly hot statn for LGBTQ+ travelers to vis, specifilly s gay-iendly Shju Nichome district!

If you didn’t know, Shju Nichome is the largt gay district Asia and there are other LGBTQ+ iendly zon such plac as Shbashi, Ueno and Asaka, too! So, if you’re nsirg a trip to Tokyo, we’ve pulled together some helpful travel planng rmatn, cludg LGBTQ+-iendly plac to stay as well as gay-owned rtrants and bars.

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

If you’re feelg adventuro and want to explore food away om your hotel, then you should nsir tryg the gay-owned rtrant and bar, vis so bar Naaki!