Tokyo gay bars for foreigners

Tokyo ranks as one of our legit favorite destinations ever! Put it this way, Tokyo is so fabulous, for the gorgeous Queer Eye Fab Five team made it over here and filmed a few foreigners exploring the queer culture of Japan. We've visited Tokyo several times over the bar few years and experienced the best Tokyo's gay scene has to offer.

Tokyo put together our LGBTQ travel guide to Tokyo based on our first-hand experience to help you have a fabulous holiday there. Heads up: We just wanted to let you know that this post contains affiliate links. That means if you book something through one of those links, we'll get a small commission, at no extra cost to you.

It helps us keep our blog going — so thank you in advance for your support! Want in on a secret? Our friends at Out Adventures recently launched a super kawaii tour of Japan. On this all-gay foray, travelers will ride the Shinkansen bullet train between Osaka, Kyoto, and Tokyo. Short answer, extremely safe! Whether you're straight or gay, Japan is one of the safest places on the planet: crime is low, and people are extremely respectful, particularly towards foreigners visiting.

At no stage did we ever feel unsafe in Tokyo. As a gay couple traveling in Tokyo, we repeat, we felt just as safe. Whilst Japanese society is very conservative towards LGBTQ rights, they are extremely respectful towards foreigners and Japanese people will do their absolute best to make you feel welcome.

Getting a double bed was never an issue in any of the places we stayed in Tokyo, whether a local guesthouse or a hotel. In our humble opinion, we rate Japan as one of the most gay friendly countries in Asia. Japan is one of the few countries in Asia that has truly started to accept and protect its LGBTQ community to the point where it's opened the door to gay civil unions, particularly in some of the District Courts of Tokyo.

More recently, in Octobera second high court ruled that Japan's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional — a crucial stepping stone to achieving marriage equality… watch this space! One thing we guarantee, Tokyo is one fascinating destination you will fall in love with and will want to return to again and again. We certainly did!

But if you just want to connect with gay locals then we recommend checking out 9monsters. Our local gay friends in Tokyo told us gay if they want to meet with foreign gay guys, they'll go on Grindr but if they want to meet with Japanese men, then 9monsters is their go-to. Shinjuku is a major transport, located in Central Tokyo, towards the west of the famous Imperial Palace.

The station itself is like a mini-city, with over exits, serving over 3 million people daily, making it the world's busiest station.

Gay Clubs Tokyo

Shinjuku is so big that it's directly connected to 5 other nearby stations, so we recommend planning where you're heading beforehand, otherwise you'll get completely lost! We advise downloading the Tokyo subway map on your smartphone or viewing it here. The 2 closest metro stations to the Nicho Tokyo gay scene are:.