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Alamas Cafe, Tokyo Ni-Chome

アラマス・カフェShinjuku Ni-Chome, one stop east of Shinjuku Station on the Marunouchi subway line, is Tokyo's gay nexus.The latest news from Ni-Chome is the advent of the Alamas Cafe, a "DJ cafe" on the main drag of the district, Naka-do... ...full story at Japan Visitor

from Japan Visitor on Fri, Aug 08 2008

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