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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.
218 Articles

Walking the Otome Road: Tokyo’s BL Store Paradise

If you have even the smallest interest in Otaku culture in Japan,…

Queer BDSM Parties in Tokyo 2025

Known in Japan as “SM,” BDSM (or kink, fetish, whatever floats your…

The Best Gay Dating Apps in Japan (2026 Guide)

Japan’s LGBTQ+ community is vibrant, diverse, and increasingly visible — especially in…

Neko ni Naritai Tamagawa-kun Yaoi Anime Review

Well, this is an interesting one. While they do not originate in…

Muscle Girls Bar Tokyo: Prices, Reservations & What to Expect

Muscle Girls is an Ikebukuro-based bar themed around wait staff entirely comprised…

What Is Nanshoku? Exploring Japan’s Ancient Queer Traditions

In Japan, as in every other society on Earth, homosexuality has been…