18 Photos of the Secret Gay Scene Tokyo

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A list of plac to eat, drk and party Shju Nichome — Tokyo's gay district — that are easy on the wallet.

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THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO

Top Tokyo Gay Clubs & Bars: See reviews and photos of Gay Clubs & Bars Tokyo, Japan on Tripadvisor. * gay in 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! Japan’s cultural norms and s attus around homosexualy are difficult to terpret.

LGBTQ+ travel expert Ed Salvato shows around the gayborhood and shar his safety tips. Sexualy – homo or hetero – is nsired a private matter; It’s not flnted public displays of affectn or discsed. Bee of this, much of lol gay life is not jt hidn – ’s accsible.

That said, homosexualy is legal Japan, wh small protectns for gays, lbians and even transgenr people enacted mostly on a lol level. Japane travel provirs are also startg to regnise the gay travel market.

THE 10 BEST SHJU GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SHJU

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Tokyo has hundreds of gay bars, but only a handful wele foreigners. As openly gay travelers (who ed the word hband, but didn’t hold hands public), we felt pletely fortable and wele. Tokyo gayborhood.

SHJU NICHOME: STRETCHG YOUR YEN THE GAYBORHOOD

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This is where you’ll fd the gay neighbourhood and the most ncentrated dose of queer travel Japan offers.

Near the seedy red-light district is Ni-chome district, a clter of olr low-rise buildgs wh hundreds of tablishments oriented towards gay men. Dpe the hundreds of gay bars Tokyo, there are only a few optns for non-Japane speakg ctomers.

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Shju Ni-Chome has the hight ncentratn of gay and lbian bars of any neighborhood the world. * gay in tokyo *

OutAsia Travel offers night tours of Shju — basilly a gay gui to brg you to two or three of the bars that wele foreigners, and generally show you around. Dancg was banned Shju’s gay clubs startg Augt of 2012, wh signs and tabl stalled on the dance floor to ter dancg. For the most extensive and up-to-date bar, club and sna listgs, the bt reference is A prtout of their gay map is also very eful.

Full-erary planng assistance: In our search for assistance and rmatn, all gay roads Tokyo led to Shtaro, the owner of OutAsia Travel. 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 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.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS TOKYO

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. 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.

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