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The highlight for me was visiting Oscar Wilde’s home on Tite Street Chelsea. There were many other great moments with the congenial group and all the knowledgeable local guides including The LGBT tour at Globe Theatre. Going to Oxford ,Bath, Brighton ,York and visiting Stratford Upon Avon to see The Bard’s birth and burial place. The stately homes were stately and Professor Lear’s stories illuminating.
This was my first time with Oscar Wilde Tours, and I really enjoyed myself. I thought the experience was very carefully put together, with really good hotels and guides. Visiting stunning Sicilian sights with the added expertise of art historians and local guides and archaeologists was definitely the strength of this tour. The tour attracted a wonderful bunch of people who were great to travel with. The meals were also very good. I would definitely recommend taking this tour, and I myself hope to do another tour with with Oscar Wilde Tours very soon.
People are fascinated by Japan: by its refined arts and crafts, from calligraphy to kimonos: its exotic (to us) cultural traditions, such as geishas and tea ceremonies, and by its contrasting, almost futuristic modernity, as in the Shinkansen bullet trains and anime.
But did you know that Japan also has one of the world’s most interesting LGBTQ+ histories? Until Westernization took over in the 19th century, Japan had very different sexual customs from the West—including *male* geishas, to start with—and some claim this is still reflected in today’s worlds of manga and Japanese TV.
So come on Oscar Wilde Tours and Out Asia’s LGBTQ+ history and art tour of Japan. See the beautiful temples of Kyoto, relax in a traditional hot spring spa by Mount Fuji, experience a Japanese tea ceremony, ride on a bullet train—and learn about Japan’s LGBTQ+ side while doing it, from the time when (supposedly) monks brought same-sex love from China to Japan’s Buddhist monasteries and Samurai warriors to the elegant “pleasure quarters” of the 17th and 18th centuries to today’s Shinjuku Ni-chome gay town and its 300 bars.
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Professor Andrew Lear combines a love of travel with a passion for gay history, and he brings both of those attributes to Oscar Wilde Tours.
Professor Lear holds a B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. from UCLA. He has published a widely praised book on male-male love in ancient Greek art, as well as a number of important scholarly articles in this area… READ MORE
Our tour starts and ends at our Japanese hotel. It includes hotel accommodation; all breakfasts, 7 lunches, and 5 dinners; guide, escort, admission to all sights on the tour, and transportation to them (by minibus or train).
Singles and seniors are very welcome! Ages on our tours generally range from 40 to 80+. Our groups generally consist of a mix of couples and singles, and there is generally a nice group ethos, so no-one will ever feel left out. Single rooms are available, with a supplement; we are also happy to try to find you a room-mate if you would prefer.
All of the main sights in the tour are visited on foot, on walking or museum tours. There may be uneven ground, for instance in archaeological sites, and steps in some museums or historic houses. The amount of walking is not, however, excessive: we rarely exceed 2 miles a day. We travel from site to site by train, air conditioned bus, or private van.