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If you want your drinks cheap and strong, want a bar space more crowded than a Japanese rush hour train, but with a booming sound system and light show, then Frenz (full name: ?FrenZ FrenZY Rainbow Haven?) is your place. If you are looking for a space to quietly get acquainted with some new folks, well, Frenz is not going to be your place.

Rainbow door to Frenz gay bar, OsakaYou?re still reading, so we?re on the same page. Beers for 500 yen, and mixed drinks with an ingratiating number of shots ? three" four" more" ? are at the ready, and there?s no cover charge either. This could be a recipe for disaster, or it could be a recipe for lots of new friendships. It is a gay bar, after all, so it could also easily be a recipe for something a bit more than nascent friendship. Not that you have to be gay or lesbian to get in; Frenz has an open door policy when it comes to who they welcome.A red light district - the bar at Frenz, Osaka, Japan. The crowd at friends is almost certainly the highest concentration of foreigners you will even see in a single Osaka locale. What local Japanese you may see almost certainly speak English, so if you are a bit shy with your Japanese, this is a great place to stop by. The owner is also a foreigner, and quite notorious amongst gay circles in Osaka. He is there most nights, and will welcome you with a hearty smile. They don?t call it ?Frenz? for nothing.
Disco ball at Frenz
Friendly foreigners and stiff drinks not eno...