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A Guide to Gay Block Etiquette in Japan
Tokyo’s renowned gay district, Shinjuku Ni-Chome, has one of the world’s highest concentrations of LGBT-friendly businesses. For the most part, it&#;s a place where first-timers can hang out without needing to worry too much about special customs or cultural knowledge.
Ni-Chome is used to tourists but, those who want to sneak into smaller, more local LGBT bars might uncover some cultural practices surprising. In Japan, manners are everything, so here are some insider tips on what to expect when visiting LGBT bars off the beaten path, and how to get the most out of the experience.
Venturing away from westernized gay bars
Photo by: Alex Rickert Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name, but sometimes you gotta venture into the unknown.
Most gay bars in tourist spots enjoy Ni-Chome or Doyamacho in Osaka mimic American-style bars that feature large shot bars, dance music and dark atmospheres where customers of various sexes, genders, sexualities and identities can drink and make merry. You can certainly detect these kinds of bars, esp
Tokyo ranks as one of our legit favorite destinations ever! It's clean, extremely safe, the people just impeccable, foodgasms galore, and a fantastic gay scene with over gay bars in Shinjuku's Ni-Ch&#;me district!
Put it this way, Tokyo is so fabulous, even the gorgeous Queer Eye Fab Five team made it over here and filmed a few episodes exploring the queer society of Japan.
We've visited Tokyo several times over the past few years and experienced the best Tokyo's gay scene has to offer. We've put together our LGBTQ travel reference to Tokyo based on our first-hand experience to help you have a fabulous holiday there.
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Tokyo's best LGBT bars and clubs
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Campy! Bar
Campy! Bar
First-time visitors to Shinjuku Ni-chome, Tokyo's famous gay district, could do far worse than shimmying into this ooh-la-la shared run by celebrity
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Suzu Bar
Suzu Bar
Run by LGBT activist and agent Fumino Sugiyama, Suzu blends right in among the hundreds of tiny watering holes along Shinjuku's Golden Gai. Still, it's
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Cocolo Cafe
Cocolo Cafe
Ideal for a late-night meeting, this café and restaurant is a popular LGBT hangout that gets points for its 18 different kinds of tea, Vietnamese coffee and
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Aisotope Lounge
Aisotope Lounge
Shinjuku Ni-chome's newest club opened in April on the site formerly occupied by Geisha. Aisotope Lounge is run by the company behind Arch and Alamas
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Arty Farty
Arty Farty
This bar with a dancefloor applications DJs on weekends (when it often shares the fun with its sister venue, The Annex) and mint-flavoured beer any hour. Arty Farty
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Alamas Cafe
Alamas Cafe
'Alamas' means diamond in t