The Best Jazz Bars & Clubs in Tokyo

Tokyo has one of the world's deepest jazz cultures, from world-touring headliners to tiny basement rooms. Here are the venues worth planning a night around.

Blue Note Tokyo (Aoyama)

The flagship for international headliners, in Aoyama. Expect two sets a night and a supper-club atmosphere. See what's on this weekend.

Cotton Club (Marunouchi)

A polished room in Marunouchi, by Tokyo Station, with jazz, soul and pop. Browse jazz in Marunouchi.

Body & Soul (Shibuya)

An intimate, musician-loved club where the room sits close to the stage. Now in Udagawacho, Shibuya after decades in Aoyama.

Blue Note Place (Shibuya)

A newer, more casual sibling to Blue Note, in Shibuya.

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