LGBTQ+ Travel Association held its global convention in Osaka last year, which gathered hundreds of content creators, tour operators, and destinations to celebrate all things Japanese. (The city will also host Expo 2025 beginning in April.) The New York Times named Toyama among its 52 places to visit this year, and the country is one step closer to legalizing marriage for the LGBTQ+ community after a second high court ruled the ban unconstitutional last fall.
Keenan-Bolger has been spreading his creative wings, spending more time cultivating his social media following and stepping behind the camera to direct several short films.
But in Japan, he’s been putting himself front and center so we can live vicariously through romantic tea ceremonies, walks through bamboo forests, and plunges into luxurious deep-soak tubs.
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