Shinjuku ni-chôme
Shinjuku Ni-chōme ( Jap. 新宿二丁目 ), or simply Ni-chome , is a neighborhood of Shinjuku of Tokyo district Shinjuku , the entertainment district of Tokyo, especially as for gays is known. It extends over several blocks 500 meters east of Shinjuku Station .
description
The 10-hectare district has 1241 inhabitants, 701 of whom are male and 540 female. The number of households is 895 (as of December 2013)
Shinjuku-ni-chōme emerged in the late 1960s when gay bars gradually moved into abandoned red-light bars (Shinjuku with the hetero district Kabukichō is Tokyo's largest entertainment district). As the location of two television series in the early 1990s, Ni-chôme established itself in the minds of mainstream Japanese as a neighborhood for homosexuals.
Today there are over 300 establishments here such as street cafes, elegant and dim bars and discos , massage parlors typical of Japan, hostess clubs , karaoke bars and love hotels for gays. There are also several specialty stores for gay porn, sex utensils, etc.
The nightlife of gay foreigners living in Tokyo is also concentrated in Shinjuku ni-chome. The neighborhood is dominated by gay facilities; however, the majority of the bars are frequented by lesbians and some straight people.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 新宿 区 住民 基本 台帳 の 町 丁別世 帯 数 及 び 男女 別人 口 （日本人 と 外国人 の 合計） (accessed on January 2, 2014)
Coordinates: 35 ° 42 ' N , 139 ° 42' E