Tobias Waters

Hey, you! Yeah, you, planning your trip to Tokyo! You’ve checked out our guides on the best gay bars, or lesbian bars, or even non-alcoholic...

A Bookworm’s Dream Rainbow Store Tokyo, as I hope we have made clear for any and all of our curious readers, is a great place...

The Original English Language Yuri Manga It might seem for some readers today that yuri manga has always been with us, as old and as...

The Global Gay Sensation If you haven’t heard of Heated Rivalry, you must have spent the last six months living under a rink. A six-episode...

A Pioneering Japanese Queer Movie Much has been written (not least of all on this website) about the lives of queer people in Japan, and...

Transgender News: Risa Kawakami Files Lawsuit As anyone who has been paying attention knows, the last few years have been very difficult for transgender people....

Japanese Festivals for LGBTQ+ Folks! One of the real joys of Japanese culture — for both visitors and residents of Japan alike — are the...

Painting the Town Red… Orange, White, Pink and Purple! In 2026, Lesbian Visibility Week is running from 20 April to 26 April, and the whole...

The Anime Antidote to Gender Essentialism? As we’ve detailed many a time at JGG, Japanese media can be less shy about discussing the lines between...

Welcome to Japan Gay Guide Tours! Take advantage of our special Golden Week discount to see the real gay Japan with our bar crawls and...