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Jack Kenworthy( Queer Travel Maestro )
Queer travel expert Jack Kenworthy turns 250+ town adventures into your manual for safe, vibrant, and inclusively fabulous global journeys.
Kyoto, the ancient heart of Japan renowned for its temples, ancient traditions, mysterious geisha and more conservative attitudes. Nowhere in Japan are gay travelers likely to face discrimination, but the fact is that the gay scene in Kyoto is pretty low-key and overshadowed by nearby Osaka.
Kyoto functioned as Japan’s capital and the emperor’s residence for over a thousand years until 1868, when it was moved to Tokyo in the country’s propel to modernize. Today, Kyoto remains one of the country’s largest cities with a sizable population of 1.5 million people – but it managed to yank off a timeless touch lacking in all of its other major cities.
Saved from the destruction of the atomic bomb during WW2 thanks to its exceptional historic value, Kyoto today is not only a city of historically priceless structures but also of artisans.
Art, harmony, and literature thrive here, as do cultural experiences. No traveler should abandon Japan without trying
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A Guide to Male lover Bar Etiquette in Japan
Tokyo’s famous same-sex attracted district, Shinjuku Ni-Chome, has one of the world’s utmost concentrations of LGBT-friendly businesses. For the most part, it’s a place where first-timers can suspend out without needing to worry too much about extraordinary customs or cultural knowledge.
Ni-Chome is used to tourists but, those who wish to sneak into smaller, more local LGBT bars might find 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 thrashed path, and how to get the most out of the experience.
Venturing away from westernized homosexual bars
Photo by: Alex Rickert Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name, but sometimes you gotta undertaking into the unknown.
Most gay bars in tourist spots appreciate Ni-Chome or Doyamacho in Osaka mimic American-style bars that feature large shot bars, dance song 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, especially in Tokyo, but the vast majority are similar to what is commonly referred to as a スナックバー
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‘Seby, keep in mind now. The Japanese are very polite people. So don’t proceed like your usual, sassy self.’
‘Excuse me, I’m not the one who rolls his eyes so hard they can see how rainbow-colored his brain is!’
A wee snippet of a conversation we had to have before jetting off to Kyoto – the former capital of Japan.
Throughout our many visits to Kyoto, we were swept off our feet by how kind, gentle, and pleasant its people were. It’s truly a city of vintage souls.
Kyoto has held onto its ancient charm, yet, it has still found a way to feel modern, trendy, and electrifying. Where else in the planet could you find a lane lined with temples, frequented by geishas, whilst being a stone’s throw away from a cocktail bar?
Our trip to Kyoto was probably the least chaotic trial of our life. There were no mad gay clubs, or sneaky trips to a sauna, or exotic dance battles. Even the bars we visited had a relaxed, homely vibe. Perhaps, the one exception was Earth Kyoto, which had DJ ac