Harry got me into concerts in Shimokitazawa in the first place, and I’m glad to see him show off the scene here too! I will +1 Basement Bar, love the place
Spot on! If you're planning to have an unforgettable experience in Japan/Tokyo, _the Live Music scene is something you should experience_ (alone or with others). Thank you again for the amazing time on Tokyo. Without your immense work curating a list of event and advertising this on the Japan travel discord server, I would have missed out on talented artists and the people I met during the events. ❤
I recently stumbled upon your channel and you're literally doing my dream job. I'm a foreigner living/working in IT in Japan and a huge underground music junkie who loves going to ライブハウス. It's very much so a 漠然として夢 but, someday I want to quit IT and just interview Japanese bands and translate it to the west. It's so criminal how good the music scene is here and I want the rest of the world to learn about it. Edit: Also on the photo/video thing, it's always dependent on the venue and the band, but most of the time it's a hell yes. Super big bands though are still a hard no. Small bands on the other hand love it especially if you tag them on instagram.
That's so cool. I'm also hoping to move to Japan to live/work. How did you find a job there and what role did you end up working? How is it so far for you?
thanks so much!! doing excellent work!! Any tips for more obscure music? Like psytrance? We get alot of awesome japanese djs in australia so they must be playing somewhere there haha
Thank you! Venues here do not specialise much by genre (although they do have “personalities” based on the tastes of the booking staff), so there isn’t any place you can go to to be guaranteed to see one kind of music. I would check those DJs’ social media to find where they usually play in Japan! That said, Spread in Shimokitazawa, Space in Shinjuku, and clubasia in Shibuya are likely good places to start.
i randomly found BASEMENT bar and it was wild XD, a naked american guy dancing and people were signing his body and his ehhh balls.. lmao fun night. not sure what was the band that perform called but it seems like anyone can grab the microphone and freestyle but i wasnt sure if it was freestyle because it sounded so good and not sure if those guys with mic are customers or artists that supposed to be performing. it was confusing
Great video, and you're right that music shows in Japan should be a must do. I went to Idorise festival back in March, which is for underground, alternative idol groups based in a number of venues around Shibuya, and it was without doubt one of the best musical experiences I've ever had! Bought a ticket on the day without any problems, got a wristband and you could just move between the venues freely depending on what groups you wanted to see. The crowds for all groups were wild! Doing the choreography, calling chants and engaging with the idols. A lot different experience to you I think, but idol crowds are very unique to anything you'll experience in the west. So much so that I'd go back to Japan just to experience it again.
Harry got me into concerts in Shimokitazawa in the first place, and I’m glad to see him show off the scene here too! I will +1 Basement Bar, love the place
Spot on!
If you're planning to have an unforgettable experience in Japan/Tokyo, _the Live Music scene is something you should experience_ (alone or with others).
Thank you again for the amazing time on Tokyo. Without your immense work curating a list of event and advertising this on the Japan travel discord server, I would have missed out on talented artists and the people I met during the events. ❤
One day we’ll come visit, one day!
Thank you for sharing, I'm planning to go to japan next month! I have so many music events I want to visit!!!
Thanks for the guide! Saved this for the next time I'm in Tokyo!
Great helpful video, thank you!
Nice video mate
I recently stumbled upon your channel and you're literally doing my dream job. I'm a foreigner living/working in IT in Japan and a huge underground music junkie who loves going to ライブハウス. It's very much so a 漠然として夢 but, someday I want to quit IT and just interview Japanese bands and translate it to the west. It's so criminal how good the music scene is here and I want the rest of the world to learn about it.
Edit: Also on the photo/video thing, it's always dependent on the venue and the band, but most of the time it's a hell yes. Super big bands though are still a hard no. Small bands on the other hand love it especially if you tag them on instagram.
That's so cool. I'm also hoping to move to Japan to live/work. How did you find a job there and what role did you end up working? How is it so far for you?
cool. now i can go to total feedback shoegaze party
thanks so much!! doing excellent work!! Any tips for more obscure music? Like psytrance? We get alot of awesome japanese djs in australia so they must be playing somewhere there haha
Thank you! Venues here do not specialise much by genre (although they do have “personalities” based on the tastes of the booking staff), so there isn’t any place you can go to to be guaranteed to see one kind of music. I would check those DJs’ social media to find where they usually play in Japan!
That said, Spread in Shimokitazawa, Space in Shinjuku, and clubasia in Shibuya are likely good places to start.
i randomly found BASEMENT bar and it was wild XD, a naked american guy dancing and people were signing his body and his ehhh balls.. lmao fun night. not sure what was the band that perform called but it seems like anyone can grab the microphone and freestyle but i wasnt sure if it was freestyle because it sounded so good and not sure if those guys with mic are customers or artists that supposed to be performing. it was confusing
Great video, and you're right that music shows in Japan should be a must do. I went to Idorise festival back in March, which is for underground, alternative idol groups based in a number of venues around Shibuya, and it was without doubt one of the best musical experiences I've ever had! Bought a ticket on the day without any problems, got a wristband and you could just move between the venues freely depending on what groups you wanted to see. The crowds for all groups were wild! Doing the choreography, calling chants and engaging with the idols. A lot different experience to you I think, but idol crowds are very unique to anything you'll experience in the west. So much so that I'd go back to Japan just to experience it again.