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Tobias Waters

Tobias has been working as an editor and a writer for over ten years, getting his start at a legal publisher in London before moving to Tokyo in 2019. Since moving to Japan’s capital, he has written or edited articles on a wide variety of subjects, including cars, medicine, video games, the economy, wine, education and travel. He even reviewed the first CBD beer to be launched in Japan! In his spare time, he loves watching movies, playing video games, going to karaoke, and visiting his local sento public bath. His favorite Pokémon is Shinx, and his favorite food is curry. He never shuts up about how the 2008 Financial Crisis influenced everything in our modern world.
165 Articles

Upcoming Yuri Anime! I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day

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The Newest Gay Tokyo Location: Queer Space Tokyo

For many LGBTQ+ people visiting Tokyo, Shinjuku Nichome is often the first…

Akira the Hustler: A Modern Japanese Gay Icon

The expression, “art for art’s sake,” which became well known as a…

Japanese Trans Man Icon: Shiki Aoki

In Japan, where anime and video games are given a little more…

Atelier Lilium: New Permanent Tokyo Yuri Space!

For a long time, Ikebukuro has enjoyed the dubious descriptor of being…