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Tobias Waters

Tobias has been working as an editor and a writer for over ten years, penning articles on a diverse range of subjects. These include cars, medicine, travel and food and drink — he even reviewed the first CBD beer in Japan! In his spare time, he loves watching movies, playing video games, and visiting his local sento public bath. He never shuts up about how the 2008 Financial Crisis influenced everything in our modern world.
226 Articles

The Year Ahead: 2026 for LGBTQ+ Japan

Happy New Year! 2026 is off to an… unusual start, to say…

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…