2nd Pride Parade in Osaka

Over 1300 people participated in the 2nd annual Kansai Rainbow Parade in Osaka on Sunday.

Osaka mayor Junichi Seki declared Osaka the human rights capital of Japan in a speech read for him by transgender organising committee member Mie.

Organising committee member Asami Ota said onlookers were bemused by the spectacle of the parade going down Midosuji-dori to announcements of ‘we are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, asexual, straight; we are ourselves.’

This was the first year an after party had been held, the party, at Explosion nightclub in Doyama, featured local and international DJs and drag queens from the parade.