Originally Posted by
hsmall
And for that reason everyone else should, I respectfully submit, boycott them too. Does Japan have any sort of anti-discrimination law?
I and my (same sex) spouse are about to visit Tokyo for the first time. We have booked a room in the Tokyo Hilton. Should I be worried about being turned away? Is Japan really that bigotted?
Culturally, the old and/or traditional Japanese have a hard time with same-sex couples, I think, but unless one is a "flaunt it" type (who, I guess, would have a hard time everywhere) there are no problems. My bf and I have visited, have never had a problem -- and our similar-aged Japanese non-gay friends and colleagues of mine have no issues with us.
At the Tokyo Hilton, any ICHG property and any SPG property I have stayed at in Japan with my partner, nobody has given us any trouble (well, on one occasion there was an awkward moment due to a misunderstanding at check-in, something which was swiftly resolved...see story in GLBT forum) -- same elsewhere in Japan. That's hardly a problem.
I go there 4-8 times/year for work, and my bf and I can hardly get home before we start planing for our next milage-paid visit to the land of the rising sun. You'll have a blast!
But stay out of Toyoko-inn and other places openly homophobic.