Join a gay Osaka tour that celebrates the more open LGBTQ+ community of today, and takes you to where the community used to be focused - both physically and as a state of mind. Explore two very different areas and have a light meal too. End your evening with a drink in Doyama, Osaka’s largest and best-known gay district.

Start your tour in Shin-sekai, a area that was once a popular spot with all stripes of visitors to Osaka, but almost no one knew that there was any sort of LGBTQ activity going on around them. Learn about the secret lives that men led in secret bars and semi-secret gay saunas.

Continue to the Doyama district, where you can see some venues that sport rainbow flags and other pretty obvious signs. With your guide’s assistance, learn much more than you otherwise could have.

See a couple fun sights along your walk, after which you will drop in for a drink at one of your preferred bars. Even though the Doyama area is shared with the straight world, there are buildings that have dozens of gay or lesbian bars under one roof.

Most bars are small and they often have a fairly well-defined niche. Depending on your interests, your guide will make some suggestions. There are of course the bear bars, the twinks, athletes, daddies, and even a couple bars that are focused on having a large foreign clientele - alongside Japanese that are interested in meeting foreigners.

Here in Doyama, you are also able to set you up with additional services to enjoy on your own after the tour ends. Please feel free to enquire, as there is nothing illegal about the introductions that can be made.