A small, intimate spot, Rooster features the best blues (and bluesy jazz) from all over Tokyo, ...
Jirokichi presents everything from klezmer to didgeridoo, jive blues or jazz piano trios. The ...
A 15-minute walk from central Shinjuku, this basement club is a classic Tokyo jazz spot. It ...
Small, dark and with a great vinyl collection stacked above the bar, Intro is one of the best ...
As cosy as it gets. Hot House holds fewer than ten punters, but still crams in live acts. The ...
Gate One is a small basement jazz bar owned by a husband-and-wife guitarist/vocalist duo. The ...
This largish venue is a little out of the way - a few stops from Ikebukuro - but worth the ...
The name means ‘open shop’, and this place has been welcoming jazz fans for three decades. Old ...
Located next to Yoyogi Park, the main auditorium of national broadcaster NHK is home to the NHK ...
An unassuming venue located a few stops from Shinjuku, this hall has hosted top bands, ...
One of the main venues in Shimokitazawa and a reliable place to drop in. There are no ...
When it opened in 2000 this was the venue of choice for many local indie bands, and it’s been ...
The O-East complex (opened mid 2004) houses a number of clubs and bars. The biggest venue is ...
Funk, rock and J-pop - what the bands here have in common is the ambition to set off on a ...
One of Tokyo's oldest live music venues, La Mama opened way back in 1982. It's also used for ...
This smart club, housed inside the sprawling Cerulean Tower Tokyu hotel, is expensive but worth ...
Across the street from the Shibuya O-East complex, this space usually hosts better-known ...
On the top floor of the Book Off store, Club Quattro is a superior venue with high-quality ...
All chairs here face the stage, in reverence to the most respected jazz groups in town, who ...
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