From jazz bars where you can enjoy drinks to candlelit concerts, here are 13 places where you can enjoy live music on weekdays after work! Here we introduce 13 places where you can casually enjoy live music after work on weekdays.
1,Abbey Road Roppongi
The Parrots, the main band that has performed with Paul McCartney, performs live while you enjoy a drink and a meal. International artists such as Harry Styles and the Backstreet Boys have also visited the restaurant.
📍 B2, Bldg. 2, FORUM Imperial Roppongi 5-16-52, Roppongi, Minato-ku
👉Official website🚇About 4 minutes walk from Exit 3 of Roppongi Station on the Hibiya and Oedo Lines.
2, Keystone Club Tokyo @ Roppongi
Established in Yamaguchi prefecture in 1980, this jazz club moved to a new location midway between Roppongi and Nogizaka stations in 2016. It is equipped with the latest sound and lighting equipment and a Steinway grand piano. It is also unique in that you can enjoy authentic Nepalese cuisine such as Nepalese sets and Kathmandu plates along with live music.
📍 Jasmine Bldg. 2F, 7-4-12 Roppongi, Minato-ku
👉Official Website🚇Toei Oedo Line Roppongi Station Exit 8, 2 min. walk
3, Candlelight Concert
Regularly held concerts where you can listen to music in the light of more than 1,000 LED candles that envelop the venue. The concerts have been held at venues around the world, featuring not only classical music, but also jazz, soul, blues, and the latest pop music, and have been well received by people who are not familiar with music appreciation as a unique experience.
📍 Oji Hall, Christ Shinagawa Association, Mitsukoshi Theater, Lutheran Ichigaya Hall, etc.
Click here for 🎫Candlelight Concert Tickets
4, COTTON CLUB at Marunouchi
COTTON CLUB is a legendary club that gave birth to some of the biggest stars in music history, including Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Lina Horn, in Harlem, NY in the 1920s during the Prohibition era. The club offers a la carte as well as dinner courses along with live performances by talented professionals, mainly from overseas artists.
📍 2F Tokyo Building TOKIA, 2-7-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
👉Official Website🚇Tokyo Building TOKIA is about a 3-minute walk from Marunouchi South Exit of Tokyo Station.
5, SOMETIME@Kichijoji
Established in 1975, this long-established jazz club in Kichijoji offers a lunch menu from 12:00 to 17:00 and food and drinks from 18:00 to 22:00.The atmosphere is also appealing to those who are new to jazz clubs or those who come alone.
📍 1-11-31 B1F Kichijoji Honcho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo
👉Official website🚇About 3 minutes walk from Kichijoji Station North Exit
6, JZ Brat SOUND OF TOKYO @ Shibuya
A jazz bar located on the tower side terrace on the second floor of the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel, about a 5-minute walk from Shibuya Station. While listening to live music, mainly by Japanese musicians, ranging from standard jazz to fusion, soul, pops, etc., you can enjoy French-based fish and meat dishes with seasonal vegetables, along with desserts prepared by the patissier.
📍 2F Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel, 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku
👉Official Website🚇5 min. walk from West Exit of South Ticket of Shibuya Station on JR and Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
7, Shinjuku Pit Inn
A prestigious jazz club in Shinjuku. You can enjoy live music from 14:00 to 16:30 in the daytime and from 19:30 in the evening. Evening performances are also available at casual prices ranging from ￥3,ooo to ￥4,000 with one drink.
📍 B1 Accord Shinjuku, 2-12-4 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
👉Official website🚇About 5 minutes walk from Shinjuku Sanchome station
8, NARU Ochanomizu
Established in 1969, this is a jazz club in Ochanomizu. In addition to performances by talented musicians, collaborations with young musicians and jam sessions in which guests from the general public can participate are also held. The music charge is reasonable, starting at ¥3,500, and live music is performed twice a day for 60 minutes each time, so even first-time visitors to the jazz club should be able to enjoy themselves easily.
📍 2-1 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku
👉Official website🚇About 1 minute walk from Ochanomizubashi exit of JR Ochanomizu station, about 3 minutes walk from Metro Marunouchi line Ochanomizu station
9, Bar & Jazz Lounge Maduro (Grand Hyatt Tokyo) @ Roppongi
A bar & jazz lounge where you can enjoy live music by international artists and cigars. Cocktails including the signature Mojito and rare whiskeys are available, as well as tapas dishes and desserts. Music cover charge ¥2,200.
📍 Grand Hyatt Tokyo 4F, 6-10-3 Roppongi, Minato-ku
👉Official Website🚇To Grand Hyatt Tokyo, take Hibiya Line, Roppongi Station, Exit 1C and walk about 3 minutes.
10, Billboard Live TOKYO @ Roppongi
Billboard Live TOKYO at Roppongi is a music venue with a history of over 100 years, featuring top artists from Japan and abroad under the name of Billboard, a trusted music brand. 3rd and 4th floor service areas offer food with staff service, 4th and 5th floor casual areas offer counter seating with one drink, and the 3rd floor is a bar area with a bar and a bar.
📍 9-7-4 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo Midtown Garden Terrace 4F
👉Official website🚇Tokyo Midtown Garden Terrace is about a 10-minute walk from Roppongi Station on the Hibiya Line.
11, Blues Alley Japan @ Meguro
A jazz club in Meguro that opened in 1990 with trumpeter Miles Davis for its inaugural performance. The menu varies with the seasons and features a carefully selected drink lineup including original cocktails.
📍 B1F Meguro Holic Hotel, 11-3-14 Meguro, Meguro-ku
👉Official website🚇About 5 minutes walk from Meguro Station on JR Yamanote Line
12, Blue Note Place @ Ebisu
Blue Note Japan’s newest dining format opened in Yebisu Garden Place in 2022. Located on the site of the former Beer Station Ebisu, the large two-story atrium with over 200 seats is equipped with a dining room, bar, lounge, private rooms, and terrace. Live music and DJ play can be enjoyed along with modern American-themed dining.
📍 Yebisu Garden Place (4-20-4 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
👉Official Website🚇About 5 minutes walk from East Exit of Ebisu Station on JR Yamanote Line, about 7 minutes walk from Exit 1 of Ebisu Station on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
13, BODY&SOUL
A long-established jazz club founded in 1974 in Shinjuku Hyakuninmachi as a late-night jazz cafe playing jazz on vinyl records, and newly relocated to Shibuya in 2021. As a jazz cafe by day, it serves special coffee, freshly baked bread, and lunch.
📍 B-15, Shibuya Homes, 2-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
👉Official website🚇About 7 minutes walk from Hachiko Plaza of Shibuya Station