Event Dates
From: Friday, October 3, 2025
To: Monday, October 6, 2025
Sinland is Tokyo’s hottest Circuit Event held each year in early October.
Sinland is Tokyo’s hottest Circuit Event held each year in early October.
- Stay close to the city’s gay bars and clubs at the JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom Shinjuku, rated “Fabulous” by guests. The rooms are spacious and sophisticated, and the location is perfect. Highly recommended.
The Event
- Next Edition: Friday 3rd October to Sunday 6th October 2024 – Sinland Circuit Edition
- Sinland is Tokyo’s leading gay party, bringing the best of circuit to the city.
- Featuring a host of international guest DJs, the sexiest GoGos, the party takes over some of Tokyo’s top venues.
- Enjoy an epic two nights of parties, kicking off with the sexiest Underwear Party in Asia on Friday, the perfect way to get to know your fellow party lovers.
- The Main Party is held at Midnight East on Saturday night.
- Full lineup of celebrity GoGos, Acts and DJs to be confirmed.
- Sinland has wild and crazy energy and is full of hot, good-looking guys.
- Parties run from 11 pm until 5 am.
- Events end with the early morning afterparty at R Lounge.
- Stay close to the party at the Shibuya Stream Hotel, rated “Fabulous” by guests. The hotel has a perfect location, stylish modern rooms and serves a delicious breakfast.
The Venues
- Midnight East – Located in the Shibuya District, tucked away from the main streets.
- The club’s interior features a large dancefloor, complete with a stage.
- It is one of the largest clubs in Shibuya and features a state-of-the-art sound system, perfect for a circuit mix.
- Two bars are spread out across two floors, complete with a seating area and outdoor balcony for smokers on the second floor (mezzanine level).
- Each bar has extensive cocktail menu, and the club has many places where you can get to know guys more intimately.
- OR Miyashita Park – OR is the entertainment complex in Shibuya’s landmark Miyashita Park.
- The event space has a large dancefloor and bar.
- R Lounge – Entertainment venue spread across two floors.
- Complete with 130 square metres of dance space, laser lighting, and thumping sound.
- Discover the top hotels closest to the party in Shibuya.
Gay Tokyo
- Shibuya Ward in Tokyo is one of Tokyo’s nightlife hubs and is home to iconic landmarks, including the Shibuya Crossing and Hachiko Statue.
- It’s a fashion, shopping, and entertainment centre, popular with locals and tourists.
- The gay district, commonly referred to as Shinjuku Ni-chome, is located in Shinjuku Ward with a lively nightlife and welcoming LGBTQ+ community.
- Ni-chome is filled with bars, clubs, and cafes that cater to diverse crowds.
- Shibuya is approximately 3 kilometres from Shinjuku Ni-chome, a short train ride of about 10-15 minutes on the Yamanote Line.
Where to stay in Tokyo?
Here are the hotels we recommend that have good reviews and keep you close to all the action:
Keio Plaza Hotel, Hotel Gracery, Shinjuku Granbell Hotel, Super Hotel Shinjuku
Where to stay close to all the gay bars.
Our top 4 selections with the best rates.
The Hilton Tokyo Hotel is our editors
choice in the gay district. Just perfect!
For further information and advice on
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Gay Tokyo conveniently packed into a handful of streets all located Shinjuku Ni-Chome (pronounced nee-chomay). Ni Chome the gay center of Tokyo has over 300 gay bars, clubs, saunas, cruise clubs and everything else small packed into a couple of small blocks in the center of Tokyo. The Shinjuku neighborhood is mixed with big business, shopping and entertainment and of course Tokyo’s gay center.
2 Chome-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan
Located in Shinjuku’s Skyscraper District just a 5-minute walk from Shinjuku Train Station, Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo offers sweeping views of Shinjuku, free WiFi and 21 dining options.
The comfortable rooms at Tokyo Hotel Keio Plaza offer panoramic views of the Shinjuku skyline. There are a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, minibar and electric kettle. An en suite bathroom comes with a bath, free toiletries and hairdryer. Japanese-style yukata robes and slippers are provided for all guests.
160-0021 Tokyo Prefecture, Shinjuku-ku Kabukicho 2-14-5, Japan
Opened in December 2013 and situated right at the heart of the lively Kabuki-cho area in Shinjuku, Granbell Hotel offers modern and stylish guest rooms with unique design concepts.
Fitted with an air of urban sophistication, each room comes with modern facilities like an iPod dock speaker and a flat-screen TV. Video-on-demand programmes are available for an additional fee. A fridge, an electric kettle and a telephone are also included. All rooms are furnished with Simmons beds. The en suite bathroom includes a bath and free toiletries.
160-0021 Tokyo Prefecture, Shinjuku-ku Kabukicho 1-19-1, Japan
Open from April 2015, Hotel
offers , free WiFi and a restaurant, only a 5-minute walk from ’s . Seibu is a 3-minute walk.Rooms in natural colours have built-in air cleaning, a flat-screen TV and an electric kettle with green tea bags. The toilet is separate from the
, which offers a bathtub, shower, slippers and free toothbrushes.160-0021 Tokyo Prefecture, Shinjuku-ku Kabukicho 2-39-9, Japan
Opening in October 2014,
Hotel Shinjuku Kabukicho is located in a bright entertainment district just a 10-minute walk from . It features a large , free WiFi and with freshly baked bread.Each
is fitted with a flat-screen TV with video-on-demand programmes, a fridge and an electric kettle. An air purifier/humidifier is also provided in the rooms.160-0022 Tokyo Prefecture, Shinjuku-ku,Shinjuku 3-7-1, Japan
Opened in May 2015, Tokyu Stay Shinjuku is ideally located in the middle of the lively Shinjuku area and just steps away from Shinjuku Sanchome Subway Station. JR Shinjuku Station is also an 8-minute walk away. Free WiFi is available throughout the property.
Fitted with white and light-wood furnishings, all rooms come with a flat-screen TV, fridge and electric kettle. Certain rooms feature a microwave for guest's convenience. An air purifier/humidifier is also provided in each room. The private bathrooms feature a shower, a hairdryer and free toiletries.
2F Homebase Building, 2-18-5 Shinjuku Ni-chome, Tokyo
Piano style cocktail gay bar a good place to start your night out
1F Futami Building, 2-14-11 Shinjuku Ni-chome, Tokyo
Popular gay dance club in Shinjuku a nice long bar and a dark cruising area in the back. Djs play nightly
Ashura Bar Shinjuku is located on Shinjuku 2-15-13 nakae bldg 3 4th floor
Welcome to a cult gay bar in Tokyo. Ashura Bar is a karaoke bar in Shinjuku Tokyo. It is a typical Japanese bar with Karaoke.
Japan, 〒160-0022 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Shinjuku, 2 Chome−11−2 1階、地下1階 Casa Verde
welcomes everyone to enjoy drinks made by there handsome bearish staff while meeting locals and other international friends
フタミビル 2F, 2 Chome-14-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
Small Korean Gay Bar can be alot of fun
Japan, 〒160-0022 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, 2 Chome−10 7TOMビル 1F
A fun gay bar with regular show and DJs
Japan, 〒160-0022 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Shinjuku, 2 Chome−15−12 高峰ビル 1FB
Gay bar with sexy muscular bar staff that speak English and Mandarin
Japan, 〒160-0022 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Shinjuku, 2 Chome−14−11 フタミビル 303
Relaxed gay bar good place to have a chat and a drink
Japan, 〒160-0022 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Shinjuku, 2 Chome−11−7 第33宮庭ビル 2階
One of Ni-chome’s larger gay bars is also one of the best places to dance, thanks to a good sound system and music ranging from house to hip hop.
2 Chome-13-16 Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
This is a really cute and chill gay bar with a balcony and a great view. The owner is very friendly and speaks great English
Japan, 〒160-0022 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Shinjuku, 2 Chome−15−9 来座 1L 笑楽校
Small gay bar with good drink prices
2-11-4 NAGASAKI STORK BLD 1F SHINJUKU TOKYO Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Biggest international gay bar in Tokyo Shinjuku This place gets realy busy at the weekends and can be a lot of fun (a must)
Plaza Building B1F, 2-12-3 Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Very popular gay cocktail bar with seating on all 4 sides of the bar
7th TENKA BLD 1F, 2-18-1 Shinjuku-Ku Tokyo JAPAN
Open air gay bar in Shinjuku-Nichome, the largest gay town in Tokyo.
open daily from 6pm.
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