Explore our gay travel gui to Japan featurg LGBTQ+ safety tips, gay rights , top ci & attractns, where to stay and more!
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JAPAN GAY TRAVEL
Japan has all for gay travellers. From the chaotic streets of Tokyo to the quiet onsens of Hakone, the history of Kyoto, and the sumptuo food Osaka. * gay guide to japan *
Shju Ni-Chõme is where the cy’s gay bars and clubs n be found. It is famo for havg the world’s hight ncentratn, wh over 300 ty gay bars crammed together unassumg, unremarkable blocks. Doyama, a gay district send size only to Tokyo's Ni-Chome, cements Osaka's stat as the downtown of Japan, wh other lorful nightlife districts sttered throughout the cy.
Takayama self is an old town, wh a range of gay-iendly Japane ns lled ryokans. It helps to be rpectful and be ut about public displays of affectn—the Japane rarely do so, whether straight or gay.
It also has the largt gay scene, wh hundreds of small gay bars crammed the Shju Ni-Chõme district.
JAPAN GAY CULTURAL TOUR
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We are gay uple Stefan and Sebastien om London, who left our liv London 2014 to travel the world. We wre about the different gay scen each statn we vis our gay travel blog lled Nomadic Boys. 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.
TOKYO GAY NIGHT TOURS WH TOKYO HANDSOME BOYS
Our gay cultural tour of the famo island natn of Japan clus samurai lsons, hand-feedg er, Mt. Fuji, and a bullet tra ri! * gay guide to japan *
Japane travel provirs are also startg to regnise the gay travel market.
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.
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.