The events seemed to attract an unusually high number of non-Japanese people, though I guess it's hard to measure that accurately. (That, I suppose, is the reality of "standing out" in a foreign country—you're just more noticeable than the others.) There were also an impressive number of booths at the event, including those from Change.org, Department H, Google, Greenpeace Japan, TENGA, and the embassies of Brazil, France, Germany, and Sweden, among others. The collection did seem somewhat haphazard, but when we're acting for a common cause, who really cares?
What did strike me was the reality that the movement to raise awareness about LGBTQ issues is very much an import from the West, as so much of the organizing force behind the event seemed to take its cue from similar events seen in cities like San Francisco. That's not a bad thing, of course—anything to get people to talk about these issues helps. In that sense, it'll be exciting to see how Tokyo Rainbow Pride develops in the coming years.
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