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tunes through an analogue there are still a good number
sound system. of bars that are open to non-
The leading online Japanese speakers. The most
magazine Cyberjapan popular places to meet are GB
carries up-to-date listings. and AiiRO CAFE, a tiny, lively
Dance clubs warm up venue where the action spills out
around 11pm and keep onto the street. The second-floor
going all night. Expect a Kinsmen bar is more sedate,
cover charge of between attracting a mix of all persuasions.
¥2,000 and ¥4,000. Popular with the lesbian commu-
A row of clubs and bars, Shinjuku Sanchome nity, Bar Gold Finger is mostly a
women-only bar, but men are
Gay and Lesbian
Other substantial venues welcome on Mondays and
include favorite Feria; hip Club The undisputed center of Tokyo’s Sundays. Ni-Chome is also the
Camelot; cavernous Womb; gay world is the concentration location for the mega-scale 24
longtime stalwart Club Asia; of bars, clubs, and saunas in the Kaikan bathhouse complex
and Club Harlem. On a more small area of Shinjuku called which also has branches in
manageable scale, 0 Zero Ni-Chome (“2nd Block”). Many of Asakusa and Ueno. A good
keeps things simple and the venues here cater exclusively source of online informa tion
their veteran DJs pump out to the local gay community, but is the Utopia Asia website.
DIRECTORY
High-Rise Bars Caipirinha Bar Tasu-Ichi Feria
Roppongi Park Building, 33-14 Udagawa-cho, 7-13-7 Roppongi,
Bello Visto Bar B1, 3-10-4 Roppongi, Shibuya-ku. Minato-ku. Map 2 E5.
Cerulean Tower Hotel, Minato-ku. Map 2 E5. Map 1 B5. Tel (03) 5785-0656.
26-1, Sakuragaoka-cho, Tel (03) 5775-6783. Tel (03) 3463-0077.
Shibuya-ku. Map 1 B5. El Café Latino Womb
Tel (03) 3476-3000. 3-15-24 Roppongi, The Aldgate 2-16 Maruyama-cho,
Minato-ku. Map 2 E5. 30-4 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku.
New York Bar Tel (03) 3402-8989. Shibuya-ku. Map 1 B5. Map 1 A5.
Park Hyatt Hotel, 3-7-1-2 Tel (03) 3462-2983. Tel (03) 5459-0039.
Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku- Flamme D’or
ku. Map 1 A2. 1-23-1 Azumabashi, DJ and Dance Gay and Lesbian
Tel (03) 5323-3458. Sumida-ku. Map 4 F3. Clubs
Tel (03) 5608-5381. 24 Kaikan
TwentyEight Bar Hobgoblin 0 Zero 2-13-1 Shinjuku,
Conrad Hotel, 1-9-1 3-16-33 Roppongi, 2-1-13 Shibuya, Shinjuku-ku. Map 1 C1.
Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku. Shibuya-ku. Map 1 B5. Tel (03) 3354-2424.
Minato-ku. Map 5 B4. Map 2 E5. Tel (03) 3797-9933.
Tel (03) 6388-8000. Tel (03) 3568-1280. AiiRO CAFE
AgeHa
Kaguwa 2-2-10 Shin-Kiba, 2-18-1 Shinjuku,
Clubs and Bars 5-4-2 Roppongi, Minato- Shinjuku-ku. Map 1 C1.
ku. Tel (03) 3541-48818. Koto-ku. Tel (03) 6273-0740.
300 Bar Tel (03) 5534-1515.
5-9-11 Ginza, Chuo-ku. Kamiya Bar Club Asia Bar Gold Finger
Map 5 B3. 1-1-1 Asakusa, 1-8 Maruyamacho, 2-12-11 Shinjuku,
Tel (03) 3572-6300. Taito-ku. Map 4 F3. Shinjuku-ku. Map 1 C1.
Tel (03) 3841-5400. Shibuya-ku.
Agave Lex Tokyo Red Carpet Tel (03) 5458-2551. Tel (03) 6383-4649.
7-15-10 Roppongi, 5-5-1 Roppongi, Club Camelot GB
Minato-ku. Map 2 E5. Minato-ku. Map 2 E5. 1-18-2 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku. 2-12-16 Shinjuku,
Tel (03) 3497-0229. Tel (03) 3479-7477. Map 1 B5. Shinjuku-ku.
BarBlue Marugo Tel (03) 5728-5613. Map 1 C2.
1-12-5 Nishi-Azabu, 3-7-5, Shinjuku, Club Harlem Tel (03) 3352-8972.
Minato-ku. Map 2 D5. Shinjuku-ku. Map 1 B1. Dr. Jeekahn’s Bldg 2-3F, Kinsmen
Tel (03) 6804-3193. Tel (03) 3350-4605. 2-4 Maruyamacho, 2-18-5 Shinjuku,
SuperDeluxe Shinjuku-ku. Map 1 C1.
Beer Station Ryogoku B1, 3-1-25 Nishi-Azabu, Shibuya-ku.
1-3-20 Yokoami, Minato-ku. Tel (03) 3461-8806. Tel (03) 3354-4949.
Sumida-ku. Map 4 E5. Map 2 E5. Cyberjapan Utopia Asia
Tel (03) 3623-5252. Tel (03) 5412-0515. ∑ cyberjapan.tv ∑ utopia-asia.com

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