Kyoto’s cool, lots of things to see and do and cool markets, the LGBTQ scene is alive and well there. It isn’t out like it is in a lot of big cities, most people are pretty private, but Japanese courts just ruled same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional, and there are plenty of LGBTQ bars and of course Japanese people are publicly polites to a fault, so it’s on the accepting side of the spectrum.
I will say though, Kyoto is cool because it’s a Japanese city and Japanese cities are cool, but all of my favorite memories set in Japan are from smaller towns and other cities.
Kyoto’s cool, lots of things to see and do and cool markets, the LGBTQ scene is alive and well there. It isn’t out like it is in a lot of big cities, most people are pretty private, but Japanese courts just ruled same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional, and there are plenty of LGBTQ bars and of course Japanese people are publicly polites to a fault, so it’s on the accepting side of the spectrum.
I will say though, Kyoto is cool because it’s a Japanese city and Japanese cities are cool, but all of my favorite memories set in Japan are from smaller towns and other cities.