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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.
133 Articles

2025 in Review: The Year for LGBTQ+ in Japan

Happy New Year from your friends at the Japan Gay Guide! As…

10Dance Review: The New Japanese Gay Netflix Movie

Arguably the most hotly-anticipated LGBTQ+ movie of the season, after a year…

Friends: Old-School Chinese Gay Bar in Tokyo

Shinjuku Nichome, like many places in Japan — and across the world…

SM Yamato: Tokyo Karaoke Gay Bar

One of the newest bars in Nichome, Japan’s gay capital, SM Yamato…

Our Favorite Tokyo Gay Love Hotels

So you’ve had a night on the town in Tokyo, and whether…

Japanese Trans Women Accepted in Women’s Universities

In the west, particularly in the US and the UK, the participation…