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Clubbin' in Tokyo?

guybrushguybrush 5 Posts
edited June 2007 in Strut Central
I'm going to Tokyo in the end of this week and was kind of hoping that someone here got some tips on good clubs in the area. Some good DJs spinning some nice soul, funk, groove and/or hip hop. It's my first trip over there so any kind of help is appreciated.Thanks!

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  • MondeyanoMondeyano Reykjavik 863 Posts
    If you're looking for funk/soul stuff I'd just stop by a few record shops and ask around/pick up some flyers. Check out Universounds in Shinjuku and Guinness Records in Shibuya. You can also check Dance Music Records in Shibuya (close to Guinness) and neighboring stores. Like the Jazzy Sport record shop-- it is a must and it's close to Dance Music Records.
  • guybrushguybrush 5 Posts
    Thanks alot!

    Will try to look up these stores. I guess it'll be a hassle, but i might be worth it.
  • bboyparkzbboyparkz 549 Posts
    As mentioned the best way to get info is from flyers in record shops. But a lot of the clubs have websites with the monthly listings. I often have my clubbing planned even before I set foot in Japan.
    That said some of my best nights in recent years are the ones in real small clubs (more like basements) with shitty photo copied flyers and no big names. These nights usualy have a real underground crowd and often zero gaijins.
  • AserAser 2,351 Posts
    http://www.theroom.jp/

    http://www.club-yellow.com/

    http://www.tokyogigguide.com/venues.html
  • facesdfacesd 236 Posts
    guybrush,

    I am going over there in August and have been doin some research...some knowledge was dropped on this subject a while back. Hope this helps:

    http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=810806&an=&page=&vc=1

    http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/show...true#Post687558

    http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/show...true#Post676584


    Also,

    This was in one of those threads and is quite useful:

    http://city.superfuture.com/city/area/area.cfm?area=4&city=1

    Let me know if you find a place worth recommending....
  • guybrushguybrush 5 Posts
    This is all really good stuff!

    Will get back at you with some thoughts later, facesd.
  • NachoManCandySandwichNachoManCandySandwich 409 Posts
    bigger:
    AIR (Daikanyama)
    La Fabrique (Shibuya)
    Womb (shibuya)

    smaller:
    Organ Bar (Udagawacho)
    Fai (Aoyama)
    OTO (Shinjuku)
    Loop (Shibuya)
    Web (mishuku)
    Soft (Aoyama)

    [color:white]smallest:
    Grassroots[/color]
  • bboyparkzbboyparkz 549 Posts
    bigger:
    AIR (Daikanyama)

    I've had some of the best nights of my life in that joint.

    Trivia: Air was used for the filing of the club scene in Lost In Translation.
  • Funky_MimizuFunky_Mimizu 631 Posts
    Nobody's mentioned Family in Shibuya...

    Very nice and intimate hip-hop club.

    Peace...
    FNM
  • NachoManCandySandwichNachoManCandySandwich 409 Posts
    Nobody's mentioned Family in Shibuya...
    Hey, how ya been? Thats the place kinda behind Shibuya Bowl across from the piss park (with either bumbs bathing or breakers breaking), yeah? Never been inside.
  • bboyparkzbboyparkz 549 Posts
    Nobody's mentioned Family in Shibuya...
    Hey, how ya been? Thats the place kinda behind Shibuya Bowl across from the piss park (with either bumbs bathing or breakers breaking), yeah? Never been inside.

    I had an unreal night in there once.
    I'm honestly not jokeing when I say the place was full (maybe too full) and there were only 3-4 other guys in the place! I know this sound like an exageration but I promise its not.
    It was a Kick The Can Crew gig, I'd not heard of them and only rolled up randomly, saw it was advertised as hip hop, saw like 150+ honeys and thought I'm not missing this.
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