Jazz kissaten
Intro - Jazz kissaten: Takadanobaba
Open noon-midnight daily.
An old-fashioned "jazz kissa" where you can nurse your drink and nod your head to the music for hours on end.
Open noon-midnight daily.
Open 6pm-1am daily.
Thousands of maneki neko (good-luck cat statues) fill the interior of this spacious cafe-bar, along with signed covers of jazz albums and underground theater posters. There's a counter and several...
Open 6pm-1am daily.
Open 5-11pm. Closed Sundays.
The bustling Kabukicho neighborhood may seem like a strange place for a jazz kissa, but Narcis is a great spot for listening to quiet jazz, and their stylish interior design is reminiscent of old...
Open 5-11pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 2-11pm daily.
The initials stand for Jazz Blues Soul, but the huge, 11,000-disk vinyl collection here also includes an impressive selection of old-school hiphop from the seventies through the nineties. Customers...
Open 2-11pm daily.
Open 3-11:30pm daily.
By day it's a laid-back jazz coffeeshop, but in the evening it turns into a mini-jazz club, with a small performance and stage area that seats around fifteen people. The musical direction tends...
Open 3-11:30pm daily.
Open 11:30am-midnight. Closed Sundays and holidays.
Boasting a big collection of vinyl, an impressive sound system and humongous JBL speakers, Eagle has a certain old-school jazz-kissaten charm, as long as you don't mind the cigarette smoke. In the...
Open 11:30am-midnight. Closed Sundays and holidays.
Open 11am-5, 7-11pm. Closed Sun, 1st, 3rd Sat.
With its bright yellow door and sunny, brasserie-like interior, Big Boy has an atmosphere that's the complete opposite of old-fashioned jazz kissas. The management plays jazz both new and old, and...
Open 11am-5, 7-11pm. Closed Sun, 1st, 3rd Sat.
Open 3-11:30pm. Closed Sundays.
This cozy cafe bar is furnished with European and Japanese antiques and heavy-duty lights used for shooting movies; the ambience seems almost like that of a private detective's office in a Raymond...
Open 3-11:30pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 8pm-3am daily.
This tiny basement bar hosts live performances from local jazz musicians a few evenings a week, and plays a wide assortment of jazz CDs and videos the rest of the time.
Open 8pm-3am daily.
Jazz clubs
Open 6:45-11:45pm. Closed some Mondays.
Located in a Shinjuku basement space, Someday is a smallish live jazz club that features local talent.
Open 6:45-11:45pm. Closed some Mondays.
Open 2:30-5, 7:30-10:30pm daily.
It may be smoky and cramped, but you can hear some of the most interesting local and international jazz in town here.
Open 2:30-5, 7:30-10:30pm daily.
Open 5:30pm-1am daily.
The venue of choice for top jazz and R&B acts from overseas.
Open 5:30pm-1am daily.
Open 6:30-11pm daily.
This intimate jazz club has been an important part of Tokyo's jazz scene since 1974, moving to Shibuya from their previous Omotesando location in October 2021. There's a full calendar of live music...
Open 6:30-11pm daily.
Open 5:30-11pm. Closed Sundays.
A popular venue for jazz and R&B acts from home and abroad.
Open 5:30-11pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 11:30am-11pm Tuesday-Friday. Closed Mondays.
A supper club with live blues and jazz (mostly from local groups) and French and Italian food. At dinnertime main courses start at around Y2,000, but lunchtime is more competitive, with a Y1,200...
Open 11:30am-11pm Tuesday-Friday. Closed Mondays.
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