A guide to Jazz bars, clubs, cafes and shops in the Tokyo and Yokohama city areas. Also home to the OK Jazz Podcast, playing World, Jazz, Soul and more, with info of events and gigs around town.
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362 Jazz Spots Visited & Counting..
362 and counting, with still more to visit....!
It's been another good year so far in 2025, with evermore jazz joints scouted, visited and now...
LATEST PODCASTS
OK Jazz Episode #192
Allen Toussaint - ‘Number Nine’, album Sweet Touch of Love (New Orleans, USA)
Opa - African Bird, album Golden Wings (Uruguay)
Abacaxepa, Alessandra Leao - ‘Qualquer...
OK Jazz Episode #191 – Some Great tunes from 2025!
Salin - ‘Egungun’, album Rammana (Thailand/Canada)
Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto - ‘Amanke Dionti’, album Djiyo (Senegal/France)
Uli Costa e Sandalia de Prata - ‘Roupa de...
OK Jazz Episode #190 – w/ special guest Peter Barakan
This was a super fun episode where I sat down with broadcasting legend Peter Barakan to share and chat about some of the tunes...
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LATEST JAZZ SPOTS
3 Chome-10-4 Nishi-Arai, Adachi City, Tokyo, Japan
03-3840-483203-3840-4832
Altec (officially Jazz 喫茶 Altec) is a wonderful jazz cafe in distant Adachi Ward, north Tokyo, ...
1 Chome-19-30 Gakuen Nishimachi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-0045
Opened in early 2020 (right before the long COVID shut down in Japan) Crescent is a spot that cou...
Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Located in the coastal beach town of Zushi, Sidewinder is a wonderful little jazz kissa that̵...
Kanamechō, Toshima City, Tokyo, Japan
A lovely recent addition to the jazz bar scene in Tokyo (with the perfect slogan (Music Starting ...