Tobias Waters

The LGBTQ+ community is the only space where “life’s a drag” is a good thing. It’s hard to go one night in Nichome without seeing...

“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy,” everyone’s favorite Prince tells his confidant in Hamlet. And...

In conservative Japan (which has just elected a new conservative Prime Minister) change can be slow and difficult, and so it is with the expansion...

Christmas is, for many, the most wonderful night of the year! If you’re here in Japan for the holidays, though, and you want to spend...

Are you into Boy’s Love (BL) media? Well, of course! It’s famous across the world now! BL — and the more risqué yaoi content —...

Lots of people who come to Japan are at least a little acquainted with manga: Japanese comics and graphic novels, which have become famous all...

We’ve written an article or two about lesbian manga before, and as anyone familiar even slightly with Japan is aware, manga, the Japanese version of...

If there is one thing that Shinjuku Nichome nightlife is known for, its gogo boy dancers. No matter when you visit, one bar or another...

Understanding Hook-Up Culture in Japan Japan still values a little bit of coyness when it comes to establishing relationships: people prefer to get to know...

If you have even the smallest interest in Otaku culture in Japan, you’ll be aware that Akihabara is the mecca of anime nerd boys. But...