{"id":12846,"date":"2014-11-25T09:14:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T19:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=12846"},"modified":"2014-11-25T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T03:08:19","slug":"japanese-only-nightclubs-w-in-nagoya-and-newly-opening-club-leopard-in-hiroshima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=12846","title":{"rendered":"“Japanese Only” nightclubs “W” in Nagoya and newly-opening “CLUB Leopard” in Hiroshima"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog.\u00a0 Two more places to add to the roster of “Japanese Only” Exclusionary Establishments in Japan<\/a>, and this time, they are places that Japan’s youth frequent:\u00a0 nightclubs (nothing like catching them when they’re young and possibly more open-minded…)<\/p>\n

1) Nightclub “W”<\/strong>
\n \u540d\u53e4\u5c4b\u5e02\u4e2d\u533a\u68043-10-13 W\u30d3\u30eb 6F&7F<\/strong>
\n TEL 052-242-5705<\/strong>
\n IDX \u30b0\u30eb\u30fc\u30d7 \u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793eIDX\u306eHP<\/strong>
\n Official FaceBook\u30da\u30fc\u30b8 http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nagoya.w<\/a><\/strong>
\n Twitter\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8 @w_052<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a pretty big place:
\n\"NagoyaWfront\"<\/a>
\nCourtesy http:\/\/w-nagoya.com\/access<\/a><\/p>\n

and it has this sign, courtesy of SM and MS, as of October 25, 2014:
\n\"BarWNagoyaJapaneseonlyOct252014\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Funny, that, because one of the the first images that currently greets you when you go to their webpage (http:\/\/w-nagoya.com<\/a>) is this:
\n\"clubwnagoyaanimalnight112814\"<\/a><\/p>\n

SM adds: Hello Debito, on MS’s wall you asked for a bit of background re: this photo I had posted on my own wall today. Last night I was in downtown Nagoya (Sakae) and I saw this sign posted at the entrance of a large dance club called “W.” There was a very buff bouncer beside the sign. I approached him and asked if I’d be allowed to go in. He apologized and said no. I asked if it was because of dress code or because I was foreign. (I was in a nice outfit, having gone out for dinner with my husband earlier.) He said it was because I was foreign. I asked why this was a policy. He said it was the rule of management, and he had to enforce it. I took some photos (although he had said no photos allowed.) He didn’t try to stop me from taking the photos, we said good night, and went on our way.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2) CLUB Leopard in Hiroshima (opening December 5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u4f4f\u6240 \u5e83\u5cf6\u5e02\u4e2d\u533a\u6d41\u5ddd\u753a7-6<\/strong>
\n \u7b2c\u4e94\u767d\u83f1\u30d3\u30ebB1F TEL 082-569-7777<\/strong>
\n It also has a pretty impressive website:<\/strong>
\n http:\/\/clubleopard.jp<\/a>,\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/CLUB-Leopard\/650751705033353<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

And an equally impressive set of rules to follow, courtesy of GH:<\/p>\n

\"CLUBLeopardNov2014\"<\/a>
\nLook at the very bottom for the “DO NOT ENTER NON-JAPANESE”.
\n(Love how they render a “foreigner” in silhouette: That tuft of hair, so “foreign”! Ironic given how much time you see the J-guys who frequent nightclubs spend on THEIR hair…)<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, that set of rules has now been amended, according to their website as of today:
\nhttp:\/\/clubleopard.jp\/rule\/<\/a>
\n\"CLUBLeopardrevisedNov2014\"<\/a><\/p>\n

That’ll keep out those darn pickpockets!<\/p>\n

So will they, or won’t they, let in NJ patrons? Somebody in Hiroshima, go on down and check out DJ Kaori (of American Idol fame) on December 6!\u00a0 Dr. ARUDOU, Debito<\/p>\n

UPDATE NOVEMBER 25, 2014:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As of November 17, the “Japanese Only” restriction is on CLUB Leopard’s advertising trucks, courtesy of GH:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"CLUBLeopardtrucksidead111714\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What a fun-sounding place. \u00a0Advertising yourself so prominently based upon what you can’t do when you’re there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two more places to add to the roster of “Japanese Only” Exclusionary Establishments in Japan, and this time, they are places that Japan’s youth frequent: nightclubs (nothing like catching them when they’re young and possibly more open-minded…)<\/p>\n

1) Nightclub “W”
\n\u540d\u53e4\u5c4b\u5e02\u4e2d\u533a\u68043-10-13 W\u30d3\u30eb 6F&7F
\nTEL 052-242-5705<\/p>\n

Contributor SM writes: Last night I was in downtown Nagoya (Sakae) and I saw this sign posted at the entrance of a large dance club called “W.” There was a very buff bouncer beside the sign. I approached him and asked if I’d be allowed to go in. He apologized and said no. I asked if it was because of dress code or because I was foreign. (I was in a nice outfit, having gone out for dinner with my husband earlier.) He said it was because I was foreign. I asked why this was a policy. He said it was the rule of management, and he had to enforce it. I took some photos (although he had said no photos allowed.) He didn’t try to stop me from taking the photos, we said good night, and went on our way.<\/p>\n

2) CLUB Leopard in Hiroshima (opening December 5)
\n\u4f4f\u6240 \u5e83\u5cf6\u5e02\u4e2d\u533a\u6d41\u5ddd\u753a7-6
\n\u7b2c\u4e94\u767d\u83f1\u30d3\u30ebB1F TEL 082-569-7777
\nIt also has a pretty impressive website:
\nhttp:\/\/clubleopard.jp, and here is a very impressive number of rules that all patrons must follow, including those NJ who apparenty can’t be patrons: “DO NOT ENTER NON-JAPANESE”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,43,34,5,26,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pinprick-protests","category-bad-business-practices","category-exclusionism","category-human-rights","category-ironies-hypocrisies","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}