The city’s jazz cafes, where locals sit for hours listening to record collections that can numbers in the thousands, are finding new life through a younger generation. Tokyo’s Kissa Seikatsu cafe may ...

Down a small set of stone steps, tucked behind the Hakusan train station in Tokyo, is the Eigakan Jazz listening café. As the wooden door swings open, a wall of sensuous sound surges forward. The ...

This month Eric Pye toured 6 Jazz Kissas across Tokyo, Japan. Find out what they’re all about. When I visit Japan I have two main goals, besides visiting with friends and family. I lived here for over ...

Through their Tokyo Jazz Joints podcast and book, Philip Arneill and James Catchpole aim to spotlight, honor and preserve Japan’s storied jazz kissa culture. Now, Catchpole is undertaking his most ...

Could you imagine coffee shops in any North American or European city that played jazz non-stop all day, or bars where, variously, as you quenched your thirst, you heard only Blue Note Records, ...

Established in 1977, Jazz Inn Uncle Tom is a cherished institution in Tokyo’s music scene. This café was initially opened by the current owner's father and continues as a family-operated business ...

What is thought to be Japan’s longest running jazz café will only be open for a little while longer – it’s one of many landmarks closing this year – but jazz lovers needn’t worry about missing out.

Art Blakey never expected his first tour of Japan to feel like a homecoming. It was New Year’s Day, 1961, and one of America’s greatest jazz virtuosos had just landed at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.