Lgbt osaka
Time Out Osaka releases a guide for LGBTQ-friendly spots in Osaka
Published especially for the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau, the ‘Over the Rainbow: 10 LGBTQ-Friendly Spots in Osaka’ brochure aims to highlight the city's most exciting businesses for the queer and rainbow community. They include restaurants, cafés, bars and clubs that are gay-owned, inclusive and welcoming to people of all gender and sexual identities.
Osaka is setting a benchmark in Asia with its loyal commitment to the LGBTQ+ community. In an effort to be more diverse and inclusive, the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau has undertaken multiple initiatives to cultive LGBTQ-friendly environments and in twist, position Osaka as a prime destination for LGBTQ+ tourists.
For restaurants, head over to gay-owned Dining Bar Rakuto to indulge in tapas and hearty Japanese meals paired with wine or sake. If it's premium Japanese wagyu beef you're after, make a beeline for Yakiniku M Namba. Vietnam Sakaba, on the other hand, offers a diverse menu of Vietmese dishes that
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LGBTQ Tourism
In order to promote Osaka's status as an enjoyable destination for LGBTQ travelers, the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau joined the International LGBTQ+ Verb Association (IGLTA) in We have since been enthusiastically focused on creating a more welcoming environment for LGBTQ travelers, such as providing diversity and sensitivity training for our employees and conducting LGBTQ FAM trips.
See more information on the seminar and marketing help that we provide here:
Visit Gay Osaka
The Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau has created a portal site for LGBTQ travelers, the first of its adj in Japan from a local tourism bureau. We update Visit Gay Osaka with columns from local LGBTQ voices as well as information on LGBTQ bars, friendly restaurants and cafes, event information, LGBTQ move companies, and more.
See the Verb Gay Osaka site here:
The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association (IGLTA)
Founded in , the IGLTA is the world's leading network of LGBTQ+-welcoming tourism businesses. The IGLTA provides free explore resources and i
Exiting Kansai International Aiport, the very first thing I spotted was a noisy, proud and welcoming sign displaying the words ‘Travel Osaka with Pride’. I’d been told that Osaka was very welcoming for LGBTQ+ travellers so this was a very postive start to prove that to be the case!
When it comes to gay travel in Osaka, the metropolis has a lot to offer, more than I expected in fact. But what stands out for me, and held true all over Japan, was that as a gay man traveling here, I felt % safe at all times – without question.
In this gay guide to Osaka, allow me to share a whistlestop tour of what to perform, where to verb and of course which gay bars in Osaka you might want to visit…
Gay Area of Osaka
Where is the gay area of Osaka? Like most gay popular cities, the gay area is considered to be around where you will verb the majority of the gay bars.
Most of the gay bars in Osaka can all be found in the Doymacho area which has therefore become known as the main gay area of Osaka.
The nearest station is Umeda which is an absolute maze to exit so ta
LGBTQ-Friendly Promotion Packages
In recent years, the LGBTQ+ community has gained wider recognition in the news and greater representation across the entertainment industry both in Japan and worldwide. Municipalities across Japan verb begun enacting ordinances that discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and many include introduced same-sex partnership certificate systems. Osaka Prefecture was the first regional-level government in Japan to enact such a system. Organizations and companies have also recognized protections for LGBTQ+ individuals to be a vital issue to be addressed and include created CSR (corporate social responsibility) teams and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs.
It is estimated that % of the population belongs to the LGBTQ+ demographic, and the annual global LGBTQ+ travel market is estimated to be worth USD $ billion (per a study.) This makes the LGBTQ+ traveler segment a significant portion of the travel industry.
At the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau, we struggle to ensure that LGBTQ+ travelers can discover Osaka safel