While the phrase “snack bar” might seem a little ... American and British residents in Japan gathered at the SL (steam locomotive) Square outside Tokyo’s Shinbashi Station to start their ...

Bars in Ginza tend to lean towards the genteel: small and cosy spaces serving mostly classic cocktails, where patrons speak ...

but not in Japan, where one popular bar is turning it into its main attraction. At Muscle Girls Bar, in Tokyo’s entertainment district, Ibebukuro, customers pay to be slapped, carried and ...

“Ni-chome remains symbolic throughout Japan.” But the buildings ... Though clusters of LGBTQ+ bars are opening elsewhere in Tokyo, most would-be tenants insist on properties officially within ...