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Best Live Music & Karaoke in Tokyo

21 places, each checked by our team.

• Aoyama Tsukimiru Kimiomou (MOON ROMANTIC) 青山月見ル君想フAoyama — Dreamy basement live house in Aoyama with a giant glowing moon over the stage, hosting indie bands from Japan and Asia.
• Billboard Live TOKYO ビルボードライブ東京Roppongi — Three-tier live restaurant in Tokyo Midtown hosting pop, soul, jazz and rock acts from Japan and abroad, with a big glass wall behind the stage.
• Blue Note Tokyo ブルーノート東京Aoyama — Tokyo's flagship jazz club since 1988, the sister of New York's Blue Note, with international headliners and table dining.
• Body & Soul ボディ・アンド・ソウルAoyama — Long-running Aoyama jazz club (since 1974) known for top Japanese players, good food and a warm, close-up atmosphere.
• COTTON CLUB コットンクラブMarunouchi — Elegant supper club next to Tokyo Station, modelled on 1920s New York, for jazz, soul, R&B and blues shows.
• Jazz Spot Intro ジャズスポット イントロTakadanobaba — Cramped, friendly basement jazz bar near Takadanobaba Station famous for its long-running open jam sessions.
• JZ Brat SOUND OF TOKYO JZ Brat SOUND OF TOKYOShibuya — Stylish jazz and soul club inside the Cerulean Tower hotel in Shibuya, with dinner and a strong Japanese and overseas line-up.
• Karaoke Kan Shibuya (Udagawacho) カラオケ館 渋谷店Shibuya — The Shibuya karaoke building made famous by Lost in Translation: rent a private room by the half-hour, order drinks by phone and belt out English…
• LIQUIDROOM リキッドルームEbisu — Legendary 900-capacity rock and club venue in Ebisu, known for excellent sound and international DJs and bands.
• SHIBUYA CLUB QUATTRO 渋谷クラブクアトロShibuya — Shibuya's long-running 800-capacity venue for overseas indie and rock tours and Japanese bands.
• Shibuya WWW / WWW X 渋谷WWW / WWW XShibuya — Shibuya's go-to mid-sized venue for indie, electronic and alternative acts, in a former cinema at the top of Spain-zaka.
• Shimokitazawa SHELTER 下北沢シェルターShimokitazawa — Tiny, sweaty basement live house in Shimokitazawa where Japan's indie and punk bands cut their teeth since 1991.
• Shinjuku LOFT 新宿ロフトShinjuku / Kabukicho — Pioneering Tokyo rock live house (founded 1976) in Kabukicho, with a main stage and a bar stage.
• Shinjuku PIT INN 新宿ピットインShinjuku — Tokyo's most famous jazz club, running since 1965, with live modern and free jazz every day in a Shinjuku basement.
• Spotify O-EAST Spotify O-EASTShibuya — 1,300-capacity hall in Shibuya's Dogenzaka live-house cluster, a regular stop for international rock and alternative tours.
• Sumida Triphony Hall すみだトリフォニーホールKinshicho — Warm-sounding 1,800-seat concert hall in Kinshicho, home of the New Japan Philharmonic.
• Suntory Hall サントリーホールRoppongi — Tokyo's premier classical concert hall, a 2,006-seat 'vineyard' hall famed for its acoustics and great pipe organ.
• Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 東京文化会館Ueno — Modernist 1961 concert hall by Kunio Maekawa in Ueno Park, hosting opera, ballet and orchestral concerts.
• Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall 東京オペラシティ コンサートホールHatsudai — 1,632-seat shoebox concert hall with a soaring pyramid-shaped wooden ceiling, one of Tokyo's best for classical and jazz.
• Zepp DiverCity (TOKYO) Zepp DiverCity（TOKYO）Odaiba — 2,400-capacity standing hall in Odaiba's DiverCity mall, a main stop for J-pop, rock and anime-music tours.
• Zepp Haneda (TOKYO) Zepp Haneda（TOKYO）Haneda — The largest Zepp hall (about 2,900 capacity), beside Tenkubashi Station a few minutes from Haneda Airport.