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Your guide to Tokyo's best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender events, clubs and bars

5 LGBTQ+ friendly hotels and tours for your next trip to Osaka

5 LGBTQ+ friendly hotels and tours for your next trip to Osaka

These unique experiences – from a night river cruise to a hotel designed by Tadao Ando – are the most welcoming in Osaka

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Tokyo's best LGBT bars and clubs

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 joint run by celebrity...

Suzu Bar

Suzu Bar

Run by LGBT activist and spokesperson Fumino Sugiyama, Suzu blends right in among the hundreds of tiny watering holes along Shinjuku's Golden Gai. Still, it's...

Cocolo Cafe

Cocolo Cafe

Ideal for a late-night rendezvous, this café and restaurant is a popular LGBT hangout that gets points for its 18 different kinds of tea, Vietnamese coffee and...

Aisotope Lounge

Aisotope Lounge

Shinjuku Ni-chome's newest club opened in April 2012 on the site formerly occupied by Geisha. Aisotope Lounge is run by the company behind Arch and Alamas...

Arty Farty

Arty Farty

This bar with a dancefloor offers DJs on weekends (when it often shares the fun with its sister venue, The Annex) and mint-flavoured beer any time. Arty Farty...

Alamas Cafe

Alamas Cafe

'Alamas' means diamond in the Thai language, but this chill café on Shinjuku Ni-chome's main drag exudes more of a Balinese vibe with its hip ethnic decor and...

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