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Ten Top 10s for Live Jazz in Tokyo

Ten Top 10s for Live Jazz in Tokyo

Jazz of Japan #280 • Dec 4, 2024 • Brian McCrory


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“I’m going to be in Tokyo for a few days and want to catch some live jazz… where should I go? Let me know the best places for live jazz…”

“Sure! Here are the Top 10 best jazz clubs, bars, and venues for live music around Tokyo, with links to homepages, maps, and articles.” If only it were that simple…


Ten “Top 10” Lists, One “Top 100” List

What would be the best selection of lists to suggest for foreigners to visit in Tokyo?

Here are 100 venues in the form of ten “Top 10, Best Of, Must Visit, Essential Stops List” lists for experiencing live jazz in Tokyo (hyperbolic tongue in cheek).

These ten lists go like so:

  • Lists 1-2: some of the most famous and quintessential spots
  • Lists 3-4: great options that are well-known and popular
  • Lists 5-6: jazz in cafe, restaurant, bar, and nightclub settings
  • Lists 7-8: even more solid options that are a bit more under the radar
  • Lists 9-10: jazz near Tokyo in Yokohama, Chiba, Kamakura, Kashiwa, and Saitama.

List #1 lists the most well-known and commonly recommended venues. Some of these clubs have the most recognizably famous brand names. Some also happen to be the most expensive in Tokyo. Some are the most well-known among jazz fans by word of mouth, with long histories and grand reputations among serious jazz fans as well as general audiences.

About four of these venues in List #1, arguably the most well-known clubs for a certain type of vibe with polished interiors and great reputations: Blue Note is the world-famous and iconic jazz club brand, Billboard Live and Cotton Club offer similar experiences in Japan, and the elegant New York Bar was made even more famous by the movie Lost in Translation. (Note that New York Bar is closed for renovations until 2025 Oct.)

While these four are on the expensive side, they are also able to host famous musicians and overseas touring acts that other venues are not able to accommodate. Also, these larger businesses may feature popular non-jazz musicians on occasion. These are not bad things nor reasons to avoid these four places, but they are big differences from the standard, everyday sort of club that jazz lovers look forward to going to as often as they can.

Lists #2-8 are filled with more great options that deserve a spot in Top 10 lists. Some imaginative themes were given as titles for each list, not taken too strictly, but broadly applied for categorization and to make the overall organization easier to understand and more easily readable.

Finally, Lists #9-10 are filled with places outside of the main districts of Tokyo but well worth trekking out for even more interesting spots with quality jazz in new settings.

Following the lists are my thoughts on lists like these and the methodology or guidelines I used to create these lists. (Confession: These aren’t “Top 10” lists in the sense of rankings in a first to last order. These are just ten lists, arranged in groups of ten, and alphabetized within each list. Some of the clubs in these lists have links to individual articles on this site. All of the clubs are relisted at the end, complete with links to websites, maps, and city and station names for each club.)

Top 10 lists can be both good and bad, and so with this in mind, I’ve recklessly forged ahead and created ten lists of ten items each below.

On to the lists! 1, 2, a 1, 2, 3, 4…(5,6,7,8,9,10!)


List #1: A Natural Place to Begin

“Some obvious starting points and the most well-known venues. Classic, legendary, and historic, and in some cases, expensive.”

  1. Billboard Live Tokyo - Roppongi Sta
  2. Blue Note Tokyo - Omotesando Sta
  3. Body & Soul - Shibuya Sta
  4. Cotton Club - Tokyo Sta
  5. Intro - Takadanobaba Sta
  6. JZ Brat - Shibuya Sta
  7. Naru - Ochanomizu Sta
  8. New York Bar - Shinjuku Sta
  9. Pit Inn - Shinjuku-sanchome Sta
  10. Sometime - Kichijoji Sta

List #1 bonus entry: Related to Intro, Cafe Cotton Club (web map) restaurant and jazz club lies roughly across the street from Intro. (Note that Cafe Cotton Club has a name similar to Cotton Club, #4 on this list, but they are completely different venues.)


List #2: Quintessential Options

“Often recommended, well-known, and must-visit spots. Great for jazz lovers and first timers.”

  1. Alfie - Roppongi Sta
  2. All of Me - Roppongi Sta
  3. Apollo - Shimo-kitazawa Sta
  4. B-flat - Akasaka Sta
  5. Independence - Ikebukuro Sta
  6. Polka Dots - Shinjuku-sanchome Sta
  7. Salt Peanuts - Ekoda Sta
  8. Someday - Asakusa/Tawaramachi Sta
  9. Sweet Rain - Nakano Sta
  10. Yoyogi Naru - Yoyogi Sta

List #3: Everyday Favorites

“Practical and straightforward, solid and dependable choices. Everyday/anyday go-to spots for jazz lovers. Humble, simple, and satisfying.”

  1. Apple Jump - Ikebukuro Sta
  2. Bon Courage - Yotsuya Sta
  3. Cochi - Koiwa Sta
  4. Donfan - Otsuka Sta
  5. Gate One - Takadanobaba Sta
  6. Manhattan - Asagaya Sta
  7. Porto - Nippori Sta
  8. Strings - Kichijoji Sta
  9. The Deep - Ginza Sta
  10. Velera - Akasaka-mitsuke Sta

List #4: More to Explore

“Reliable jazz clubs, whether old-fashioned classic or stylish, and some with avant-garde, experimental, or trend-setting aspects.”

  1. Aketa no Mise - Nishi-ogikubo Sta
  2. Birdland - Kitasenju Sta
  3. Klavier - Asagaya Sta
  4. Knuttel House - Asakusa Sta
  5. Koen-Dori Classics - Shibuya Sta
  6. Kohaku - Shibuya Sta
  7. No Room for Squares - Shimo-kitazawa Sta
  8. Soultrane - Asakusa Sta
  9. Velvet Sun - Ogikubo Sta
  10. Zimagine - Omotesando Sta

List #5: Jazz and Coffee and Tiny Spots

“Cafes, coffee, cute, and cozy. A handful of coffee-centered, or just plain small, spots. Nostalgic, simple, caffeinated. Only including live spots for now (jazz kissas and coffeeshops without live music are for a separate article).”

  1. After Hours - Koenji Sta
  2. Cafe Beulmans - Seijogakuen-mae Sta
  3. Cafe Clair - Nishi-arai Sta
  4. Galleria Caffe UU - Myogadani Sta
  5. Cielnage - Tokyo Sta
  6. Coffee Bigaku - Gakugei-daigaku Sta
  7. On A Slow Boat To… - Jimbocho Sta
  8. Paco - Kojimachi Sta
  9. P's Bar - Ikebukuro Sta
  10. Thelonious - Higashi-nakano Sta

List #6: Nightclub, Restaurant, and Bar Atmospheres

“Pulling their weight with live jazz in a varied combination of settings with a certain type of vibe. Some feature great food options, from izayaka grills to gourmet menus, and others feature drinks in an after-dark nightclub mood.”

  1. Barbra - Ginza Sta
  2. Blue Note Place - Ebisu Sta
  3. Club T - Roppongi Sta
  4. Izumi - Roppongi Sta
  5. Jazz Bird - Omotesando Sta
  6. Jesse James - Tachikawa Sta
  7. Keystone Club - Roppongi Sta
  8. Kin No Tsubo - Yoga Sta
  9. Rakuya - Naka-meguro Sta
  10. Swing - Ginza Sta

List #7: Even More Solid Choices

“Further off the beaten track but are worth checking out for great jazz settings.”

  1. Crazy Love - Kyodo Sta
  2. Darling - Asakusa Sta
  3. Expression - Jimbocho Sta
  4. In F - Oizumi-gakuen Sta
  5. Into the Blue - Machida Sta
  6. M.J. Smile - Kichijoji Sta
  7. No Trunks - Kunitachi Sta
  8. Staccato - Asagaya Sta
  9. Sunny Side - Takadanobaba Sta
  10. Tokyo Club Meguro - Meguro Sta

List #7 bonus entry: Related to Tokyo Club Meguro is Tokyo Club Suidobashi (web map), part of the Tokyo Club chain. Originally, there were four locations in Meguro, Suidobashi, Hongo-sanchome, and Sendagaya. Note that “Tokyo Club” is spelled out on signs in Kanji characters as 東京倶楽部.


List #8: Grab Bag

“Miscellaneous odds, ends, and to-do’s”

  1. Back in Time - Koiwa Sta
  2. Jammin' - Toritsu-daigaku Sta
  3. Kiri - Ginza Sta
  4. Ko-ko - Shibuya Sta
  5. Lezard - Shibuya Sta
  6. Mars - Tawaramachi Sta
  7. Meg - Kichijoji Sta
  8. Natural - Mitaka Sta
  9. Nica’s - Machida Sta
  10. The Moment - Seijogakuen-mae Sta

List #9: Yokohama

“A jazz hub with plenty of options and a rich history of jazz in Japan.”

  1. Airegin - Kannai Sta
  2. Apple - Kannai Sta
  3. Bar Bar Bar - Kannai Sta
  4. Bluesette - Hakuraku Sta
  5. Dolphy - Sakuragicho Sta
  6. Farout - Kannai Sta
  7. First - Kannai Sta
  8. Kanmachi 63 - Kannai Sta
  9. Venus - Kannai Sta
  10. Wonder Wall - Hiyoshi Sta

The port city of Yokohama, roughly south of Tokyo, is a jazz hub with a rich history of jazz and nightlife. Jazz fans in Yokohama should also be on the lookout for the annual Yokohama Jazz Promenade festival in the fall. Also of interest is Japan’s oldest jazz cafe Chigusa which is planning to reopen as a jazz museum.


List #10: Further Out

“To Chiba, Kamakura, Kashiwa, and Saitama. Just outside of Tokyo and well worth trekking out to for interesting spots with quality jazz.”

  1. Candy - Inage Sta
  2. Cooljojo - Moto-yawata Sta
  3. Coquelicot - Funabashi Sta
  4. Daphne - Kamakura Sta
  5. Ichijo - Kamifukuoka Sta
  6. Nardis - Kashiwa Sta
  7. Plus Eleven - Ageo Sta
  8. Re.Delight - Warabi Sta
  9. Sugar Hill - Soka Sta
  10. Swan - Shin-tokorozawa Sta

List #10 bonus entry: Coquelicot is actually two jazz bars located right next to one another: Coquelicot and Coquelicot Forte. In addition to their bar menu, freshly-made crepes are available from a food truck right outside, and orders can be made from inside the club.

List #10 bonus fact: Re.Delight is a new club that recently opened, taking over the space formerly occupied by Our Delight.

The Saitama area covers a wide territory and is generally to the north of Tokyo, Chiba is to the east (in the direction of Tokyo Disneyland and Narita International Airport), and Kamakura is in the direction of Yokohama and further south.

Most of the places in Lists #9 and 10 can be conveniently reached by trains from major Tokyo stations, taking about an hour or more each way. Day trips from Tokyo are also possible for most of these spots, but careful checking of club and train schedules is recommended, especially for nighttime shows. When considering late returns to Tokyo from farther distances such as Kamakura, it may be better to visit jazz clubs at night while staying nearby.


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A Typical “Top 10” List

Ask the internet for a “top 10 live jazz clubs in Tokyo”, and you will get a list of venues such as the following:

An example list based on results from web searches and AI:

  1. Blue Note Tokyo - A world-class venue…
  2. Pit Inn - An iconic spot…
  3. Sometime - A cozy venue with…
  4. Naru - A legendary venue featuring…
  5. Alfie - A long-standing jazz bar…
  6. Intro - An intimate setting perfect for…
  7. JZ Brat - A chic, upscale…
  8. Dug - A historic bar with a casual vibe…
  9. Body & Soul - A classic jazz spot with…
  10. Cotton Club - Stylish ambiance with…

Similar results can be found through searches like “Tokyo jazz bars with live music” and “popular Tokyo jazz clubs”. The results usually contain some variation of this example list. Some lists are human-authored for travel sites or blogs, and others may be AI-generated with brief descriptions and helpful links for more information. Unfortunately, sometimes those details are inaccurate or not up-to-date and may include places that have permanently closed.

Still, lists like these can be easy to find, easy to use, and helpful for getting your bearings. They are easily found on the internet and are a reasonable starting point. With the example list shown above, people familiar with these venues would not be surprised at all to see them included, and I’ve also written most of them on this site.

This gave me the idea of creating my own human-compiled versions of these kinds of Top 10 lists.


The Good, the Bad, and the Messy of “Top 10” Lists

Through the years, I’ve spent a lot of time searching for and visiting jazz spots in Japan. I have also thought a bit about how to recommend places to people who want to experience live jazz in Japan, and how to help travelers who may only be in Tokyo for a few nights. These fans may not have much familiarity with the city, the language, or how jazz clubs in Japan operate.

It’s challenging to offer recommendations or jot down a quick list of the best options or essential stops. Well, jotting down list with standard venues like the example list above is easy, but it doesn’t feel like it’s enough. You could call it “/The Unbearable Lightness of Top 10 Lists/.”

When it comes to music venues, there are so many different places each with different pros and cons. Various qualities appeal to different types of people. Some people may be deep into jazz with specific knowledge and musical preferences, while others may be dipping in for the first time, looking to have fun with an open mind.

A one-size-fits-all Top 10 list presents obstacles to describing the different qualities of venues. This is especially hard to convey using the format of quick-to-read lists limited to just a handful of recommendations.

To overcome that difficulty, it’s tempting for list authors to go into more detail for each location. A brief Top 10/Best Of/Best Bets/Essential Stops list can easily grow into a long article with more descriptions and photos for each place. The short article which started out as a simple list may evolve into a series of separate articles about each venue individually… which is basically the Clubs section here and on similar sites.

The Messy: Searching Online, Example Lists, and Rabbit Holes

Naturally, it is easy to find online lists and articles on the internet with topics like “Best Tokyo jazz bars”.

It’s not that lists and great articles like these are messy, but that the search process itself can become overwhelming with information overload, incorrect details, broken links, or hard to understand systems. Too much information can a mess.

Here are five sample lists from some online travel sites. Venues in bold appear more than once across these lists.

“6 best jazz bars in Tokyo”, Time Out Tokyo, 2024:

  • (1) Salt Peanuts, (2) Sometime, (3) Cotton Club, (4) Pit Inn, (5) Manhattan, (6) Naru

“Best Tokyo area jazz joints”, Time Out Tokyo, 2016:

  • (1) Intro, (2) Eigakan, (3) Pit Inn, (4) Meg, (5) DownBeat

“10 Best Jazz Bars in Tokyo”, Japan Wonder Travel Blog, 2023:

  • (1) Dug, (2) Naru, (3) Blue Note Tokyo, (4) Sometime, (5) Satin Doll, (6), Maduro, (7) Vagabond, (8) Pit Inn, (9) Samurai, (10) Club T

“A Musician’s Guide to the 7 Best Jazz Clubs and Bars in Tokyo”, Culture Trip, 2018:

  • (1) Apollo, (2) Pit Inn, (3) Samurai, (4) Sometime, (5) Salt Peanuts, (6) Cotton Club, (7) Intro

“Jazz Clubs & Bars in Tokyo”, Tripadvisor, 2024:

  • (1) Intro, (2) Barny, (3) Alfie, (4) Soul Stream, (5) J & J, (6) Salt Peanuts, (7) Every Swing, (8) Apollo, (9) The Deep, (10 Knuttel House, (11) Apple Jump, (12) Ko-Ko, (13) Miura, (14) Bar Lion, (15) Satin Doll, (16) Panja, (17) Renon, (18) Expression, (19) Maduro, (20) Strecke

In addition to “Top…” and “Best…” articles, there are also great directories of jazz spots and online forums where people ask for and offer suggestions. (Some are listed in the Resources section below.)

It can easily become rabbit-hole territory. I’ve been there, too. Searches lead to more searches for details about venue hours, costs, distances and routes for each location, and whether the place is still operating or open on certain days… and, maybe most importantly for some discerning listeners, checking the individual event calendars to find out which performers are scheduled on specific days, in what sub-genres, which instruments are featured, the group formation (solo, duo, trio, etc), looking up the individual bands or musicians for videos, albums, or sound samples… And, for people without natural Japanese language skills, the language barrier with web-based information written in Japanese adds another level of challenge and effort.

The Bad: Some Problems with Online Lists

To me, some significant problems with Top 10 lists are:

  1. An implicit ordering of “best to worst” with a #1 position.

Well, there’s probably no such thing as a “#1 best jazz bar” that works for everyone, and different audiences will appreciate different qualities. Even at the same venue, the same listeners may have a completely different experience depending on the scheduled event on any particular day.

Also, if ranked, a good “Best of…” or “Top 10” list should describe the system the rankings are based on. Most of the time this is glossed over, so readers assume that whatever is listed as #1 is the best in terms of quality (defined how?), or the winner of a poll or popularity content. Or, it may just be the author’s personal opinion. (By the way, the Methodology section below explains the guidelines I used to create these lists.)

The assumption may be that jazz fans should go to the top picks in ranked lists to have the best experiences. But, the experience ends up being really dependent on each particular listener—their musical preferences, the practicalities (time, distance, budget), and what they are expecting or hoping to hear.

  1. Deciding how long to make the list, and what makes it on the list.

A list of 10 makes for a nice, round number, but it’s too short. It’s disappointing to leave great options off the list, especially for a vast metropolitan area like Tokyo with so many easy-to-recommend places.

On the other hand, compiling a really long list of all discovered venues is not very useful either. Long lists with many possible options, few details, and questionable entries can become more trouble than they are worth.

It can be daunting to wade through long lists of options and feel overloaded with details. Also, with so many great choices, it can be frustrating to struggle to choose among several great shows and venues on a specific night. For jazz lovers, though, it’s a luxury to have so many attractive choices in a city like Tokyo.

Between a too-short list and a too-long list, a good balance would be a curated list of hand-picked entries that are recommended for jazz fans by a jazz fan for specific reasons. This was another motivation for writing this article.

  1. Online lists can become outdated (broken links, stale content, and incorrect details) if not maintained.

There’s also the problem that once a list is published online, it can easily become stale with incorrect or outdated information. Time marches on, and many places end up changing names, locations, or even closing permanently (an increasingly sad sight in the last several years). When searching for up-to-date information, broken links may also be a problem as websites change and domains expire. This also happens to individual venue’s calendar listings as they are sometimes forced to move between blogs, webpages, and social media platforms.

Moving from the online to the physical world, it can also be frustrating to search for a recommended location in an unfamiliar city, only to get lost and arrive late, or to not find it at all, or even to find that the venue has closed. “This location has been out of business for two years now… why is it still included on a Top 10 list?” Because, it’s the internet. The great world spins, but online posts often sit still.

The Good: Lists Can Be Really Useful

Whether it’s a simple online list of places with few details, discussions and advice from internet forums, a collection of articles describing each club, or even official travel guidebooks and professional websites, the best thing is the payoff: Finding those special places where jazz is appreciated in unique and exciting venues, where musicians gather to explore new territory, to honor the tradition, and to hone their craft, where listeners gather to enjoy this spontaneous communal experience, and where musicians, audiences, bar owners and staff all together share that elevated state of music magic while they support the art and the love of jazz.

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Methodology

“How did you come up with these lists? Why is X listed as #1, but Y is on List #2 and Z is on List #3?”

These lists started as informal notes I wrote about the jazz clubs I visited in Japan. I kept adding to these notes for many years and eventually began to keep track of the places in a single list. Along the way, I added entries for places that I heard about or was recommended, places that I hadn’t visited yet but wanted to go to—my “go to todo” list.

My list of places visited and places yet to visit has grown easily into the hundreds, with many favorites and uniquely charming places included that I’ve personally visited. It was a challenge to limit this list to 100 venues. As I was completing this list, quite a few entries were shuffled around, included or excluded at different points, and as usual, there were many more places I wish I could have included. But for now, I had to stop somewhere.

To select, organize, and group these venues into ten lists, I considered a balance of:

  • Reputation and fame - more obvious, well-known spots in higher lists
  • Location and access - easy or central Tokyo access
  • Live schedule, typical acts and genres - standard jazz genres (straight ahead, modern, bebop, vocal, etc)
  • Personal experiences - overall quality and personal favorites

A lot of this ends up being subjective. If I reconsidered these lists a month or a year later, the groups, ordering, and included venues would probably be a little different, so take it all with a grain of salt. None of this is meant to be absolute or the final word on anything… but it is based on a lot of personal experience and research.

The Guidelines

The guidelines that I used to create these lists are:

  • These are not rankings, just groups of ten to make the lists readable and for organization. You could also consider each list like a round or level of a live jazz journey.
  • Each list is internally alphabetically ordered, and not in a “1 to 10, best-to-worst” order. “Top 10” is used a lot here but is just being used as a useful term.
  • Each list’s #1 is not meant as the winner, favorite, or best in a category, just first alphabetically.
  • Each list has a themed title to generally group together each list’s entries, and to help the overall organization and readability.
  • The ten lists are themselves ordered to show the more well-known, famous, or popular places in higher lists (List #1, List #2, etc).
  • These are lists of live music venues. That is, places with live music performances that feature jazz musicians playing in front of an audience. Jazz kissas, jazz bars, and jazz cafes that play recorded music are really great, too, but mixing these different types of locations in the same lists would be confusing. A separate list of 100 non-live jazz spots could be a great idea for the future…

Resources

Sites with club directories and information about jazz in Japan:

  • Jazz of Japan (this site)
  • Jazz in Japan(40+ venues)
  • Jazz up Japan (200+ venues)
  • Tokyo Jazz Site (140+ venues)
  • Tokyo Jazz Notes (20+ venues)
  • Tokyo Gig Guide (900+ venues, various genres)
  • Jazz Tokyo (news, articles, columns [in Japanese])
  • Kyou Jazz (daily event listings [in Japanese])
  • Jazz Clubs Worldwide Global Database (20+ venues)

Alphabetical List

  1. After Hours - Koenji Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  2. Airegin - Kannai Sta, Yokohama (web map)
  3. Aketa no Mise - Nishi-ogikubo Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  4. Alfie - Roppongi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  5. All of Me - Roppongi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  6. Apollo - Shimo-kitazawa Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  7. Apple - Kannai Sta, Yokohama (web map)
  8. Apple Jump - Ikebukuro Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  9. B-flat - Akasaka Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  10. Back in Time - Koiwa Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  11. Bar Bar Bar - Kannai Sta, Yokohama (web map)
  12. Barbra - Ginza Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  13. Billboard Live Tokyo - Roppongi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  14. Birdland - Kitasenju Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  15. Blue Note Place - Ebisu Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  16. Blue Note Tokyo - Omotesando Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  17. Bluesette - Hakuraku Sta, Yokohama (web map)
  18. Body & Soul - Shibuya Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  19. Bon Courage - Yotsuya Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  20. Cafe Beulmans - Seijogakuen-mae Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  21. Cafe Clair - Nishi-arai Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  22. Candy - Inage Sta, Chiba (web map)
  23. Cielnage - Tokyo Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  24. Club T - Roppongi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  25. Cochi - Koiwa Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  26. Coffee Bigaku - Gakugei-daigaku Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  27. Cooljojo - Moto-yawata Sta, Chiba (web map)
  28. Coquelicot - Funabashi Sta, Chiba (web map)
  29. Cotton Club - Tokyo Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  30. Crazy Love - Kyodo Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  31. Daphne - Kamakura Sta, Kamakura (web map)
  32. Darling - Asakusa Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  33. Dolphy - Sakuragicho Sta, Yokohama (web map)
  34. Donfan - Otsuka Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  35. Expression - Jimbocho Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  36. Farout - Kannai Sta, Yokohama (web map)
  37. First - Kannai Sta, Yokohama (web map)
  38. Galleria Caffe UU - Myogadani Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  39. Gate One - Takadanobaba Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  40. Ichijo - Kamifukuoka Sta, Saitama (web map)
  41. In F - Oizumi-gakuen Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  42. Independence - Ikebukuro Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  43. Into the Blue - Machida Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  44. Intro - Takadanobaba Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  45. Izumi - Roppongi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  46. JZ Brat - Shibuya Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  47. Jammin' - Toritsu-daigaku Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  48. Jazz Bird - Omotesando Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  49. Jesse James - Tachikawa Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  50. Kanmachi 63 - Kannai Sta, Yokohama (web map)
  51. Keystone Club - Roppongi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  52. Kin No Tsubo - Yoga Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  53. Kiri - Ginza Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  54. Klavier - Asagaya Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  55. Knuttel House - Asakusa Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  56. Ko-ko - Shibuya Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  57. Koen-Dori Classics - Shibuya Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  58. Kohaku - Shibuya Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  59. Lezard - Shibuya Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  60. M.J. Smile - Kichijoji Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  61. Manhattan - Asagaya Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  62. Mars - Tawaramachi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  63. Meg - Kichijoji Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  64. Nardis - Kashiwa Sta, Kashiwa (web map)
  65. Naru - Ochanomizu Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  66. Natural - Mitaka Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  67. New York Bar - Shinjuku Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  68. Nica’s - Machida Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  69. No Room for Squares - Shimo-kitazawa Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  70. No Trunks - Kunitachi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  71. On A Slow Boat To… - Jimbocho Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  72. P's Bar - Ikebukuro Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  73. Paco - Kojimachi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  74. Pit Inn - Shinjuku-sanchome Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  75. Plus Eleven - Ageo Sta, Saitama (web map)
  76. Polka Dots - Shinjuku-sanchome Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  77. Porto - Nippori Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  78. Rakuya - Naka-meguro Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  79. Re.Delight - Warabi Sta, Saitama (web map)
  80. Salt Peanuts - Ekoda Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  81. Someday - Asakusa/Tawaramachi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  82. Sometime - Kichijoji Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  83. Soultrane - Asakusa Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  84. Staccato - Asagaya Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  85. Strings - Kichijoji Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  86. Sugar Hill - Soka Sta, Saitama (web map)
  87. Sunny Side - Takadanobaba Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  88. Swan - Shin-tokorozawa Sta, Saitama (web map)
  89. Sweet Rain - Nakano Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  90. Swing - Ginza Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  91. The Deep - Ginza Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  92. The Moment - Seijogakuen-mae Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  93. Thelonious - Higashi-nakano Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  94. Tokyo Club Meguro - Meguro Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  95. Velera - Akasaka-mitsuke Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  96. Velvet Sun - Ogikubo Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  97. Venus - Kannai Sta, Yokohama (web map)
  98. Wonder Wall - Hiyoshi Sta, Yokohama (web map)
  99. Yoyogi Naru - Yoyogi Sta, Tokyo (web map)
  100. Zimagine - Omotesando Sta, Tokyo (web map)


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