美術館 — an art museum, as distinct from 博物館 (hakubutsukan), the broader history and science museum.
Key terms for Tokyo's club, jazz and art scenes.
美術館 — an art museum, as distinct from 博物館 (hakubutsukan), the broader history and science museum.
Groove-driven dance music from the '70s that still fills Tokyo floors, from edits to boogie.
Jamaican studio music built from echo, reverb and bass — a foundational sound for Tokyo's soundsystem and listening-bar culture.
Cherry-blossom viewing — Tokyo's most beloved springtime ritual.
Techno played fast and heavy — distorted kicks at 145–160 BPM, a staple of Tokyo's late-night club floors.
Rap, DJing and the club nights built around them — a mainstay of Shibuya's larger multi-floor venues.
Soulful, four-to-the-floor dance music with roots in Chicago — warm, groovy and everywhere in Tokyo clubs.
A Japanese pub for drinks and small plates — where a Tokyo night out often begins.
企画展 — a temporary, curated exhibition on a specific theme, the headline show at most Tokyo museums.
A Tokyo bar built around its sound system and record collection, where the music is the point rather than the background.
A small live-music venue — the beating heart of Tokyo's grassroots music scene.
A traditional Japanese festival — many take over parks and streets across Tokyo each season.
A stripped-back, hypnotic strain of techno built from small, evolving loops.
所蔵作品展 — a rotating display drawn from a museum's own holdings, usually cheaper and quieter than the headline show.
Repetitive, machine-driven electronic dance music built for the club — one of Tokyo nightlife's defining sounds.