Jazz in Japan

Click on the name of a musician or club below to access their web site.
For each club, click on the location (either neighborhood or nearby train station) to open a Google Maps link to the club.
Last updated: August 8, 2025

Osaka

Donna Lee

 

Nishinari

Crescent

 

Kitashinchi

 Jack Rose

 

Kitashinchi

Bar Amante

 

Kitashinchi

Gallon

 

Kitashinchi

Bar Wakana

 

Kitashinchi

Barossa

 

Kitashinchi

Yoshimi 13 Base

 

Juso

Raincoat

 

Juso

Jazz on Top III

 

Umeda

Azul Terrace

 

Umeda

Umeda Always

 

Umeda

Billboard Live

 

Nishi-Umeda

New Suntory 5

 

Umeda

Cellar Bar Kent

 

Dotonbori

Rastro 845

 

Shinsaibashi

Comte Rose

 

Shinsaibashi

Brooklyn Parlor

 

Shinsaibashi

Proust

 

Shinsaibashi

Big Salt 845

 

Namba

Music Bar S.O.Ra

 

Namba

Bar Red Corner

 

Nishinari

Bamboo Club

 

Tenma

Flat Flamingo

 

Tenma

Mellow Tone

 

Higashiyodogawa

Jazz Spot Arte Coda

 

Sekime

Cafe Prelude

 

Sekime

Overseas

 

Hommachi

Vida Latina

 

Hommachi

Studio & Cafe Make

 

Naniwa

Piano Bar Kiyomi

 

Minato

M Cuatro

 

Mukanoso

Three Codes

 

Nishinomiya

Caravan

 

Nishinomiya

Piano Club

 

Nishinomiya

Flapper House

 

Nishinomiya

JAMMER

 

Amagasaki

Take 5

 

Suita

Live Bar ケセラ

 

Suita

JK's Cafe

 

Takatsuki

JK Rush

 

Takatsuki

Billie's Bounce

 

Takatsuki

Glover

 

Tanimachi

Gordon's (CLOSED)

 

Sakai

Blue Note Naramachi

 

Nara

Kobe

Alfie

 

Sannomiya

Great Blue

 

Sannomiya

Salon d' Airi

 

Sannomiya

Day by Day

 

Sannomiya

Ellie's

 

Sannomiya

Jazz Bar Goodman

 

Sannomiya

Chicken George

 

Sannomiya

Sone

 

Kanocho

Basin Street

 

Kanocho

PickUp

 

Kanocho

Negiyaki Club

 

Kobe-Kosuko

Pochi

 

Akashi

Gallery Zing

 

Konan-Yamate

Na-Ya

 

Ojikoen

ARTISTS

Takashi Kudo

 

Osamu Soda

Phillip Strange

 

Junko Koyanagi

Yuko Usui

 

Seiki Yukimoto

Akagi Shiho

 

Songbird TAeKO

Kosuku Hata

 

Kotono Nishimura

Mariko Yoshida

 

Masayo Hirota

Naokazu Tone

 

Yuka Singer

Yukako Yamano

 

Yuki Terashima

Yusuke Shikata

 

Minoru Satomura

Moe Suzuki

 

Masatoshi Ueba

Kyoto

Bonds Rosary

 

Gion-Shijo

Candy

 

Candy

Baja Bluet

 

Gion

Jazz Cafe Murra

 

Mototanaka

Live Spot Rag

 

Sanjo

Gion JTN Theater

 

Gion Shijo

le club Jazz

 

Kyoto

Cafe Yoh

 

Kuramaguchi

Soen

 

Hanazono

bochi bochi

 

Shiga

Jazz & Bar Coltrane

 

Shiga

Tokyo

Directory of Jazz Spots

Pit Inn

 

Shinjuku

Someday

 

Asakusa

Jazz Polka Dots

 

Shinjuku

SunnySide

 

Takadanobaba

Body & Soul

 

Shibuya

Zimagine

 

Minamiaoyama

Kohaku (Amber)

 

Shibuya

JZ Brat

 

Shibuya

Yoyogi Naru

 

Shibuya

Jazz Bar Bird

 

Minamiaoyama

Crawfish

 

Akasaka

Sometime

 

Kichijoji

Sweet Rain

 

Nakano

Strings

 

Kichijoji

Blue Note

 

Minato

Alfie

 

Roppongi

Cotton Club

 

Marunouchi

Naru

 

Chiyoda

Blues Alley

 

Meguro

G's Bar

 

Akasaka

Apple Jump

 

Ikebukuro

Salt Peanuts

 

Ekoda

Buddy

 

Ekoda

Coquelicot

 

Funabashi

Into the Blue

 

Machida

Ben Tenuto

 

Yokohama

Fukuoka & Western Japan

Bar 柑 (bar kan)

 

Ohashi

New Combo

 

Tenjin

Kingfish

 

Daimyo

Browny

 

Tenjin

Roulette

 

Torimachi

Cafe del Sol

 

Kitakyushu

Smile

 

Kumamoto

Culture Latin

 

Shunan

Jazz Spot Porsche

 

Yamaguchi

Tribute

 

Tribute

Lush Life

 

Hiroshima

Black & Tan

 

Higashihiroshima

Layla

 

Himeji

So Nice

 

Takamatsu

Nomad

 

Takamatsu

Goto's Bar

 

Tokushima

The fine print:
I try to make this list accurate and update it when I can. But mistakes happen and links change and clubs close and ... .

There is a glitch with the font sizes above. Everything is supposed to be the same size. I haven't figured out why that is happening and I hope to remedy it some day.

I would very much appreciate any feedback you might have. Especially let me know of errors or omissions.
Send email to jazz at plochinski.com

I have visited most of the venues on this list and they are on this list because I had a good time there, or more likely a great time. As for the ones I have not yet visited, they look interesting to me.