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Bars and Clubs

Shinjuku Loft
Little Delirium
1 5
MAP V2 • Tatehana Bldg,
MAP V3 • Shinjuku Southern
Terrace, 2-2-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku B2F, 1-12-9 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku
• 6300-0807 • 5272-0382 • Adm
This cozy Belgian bar offers an At this long-established promoter of
impressive range of bottled and live rock and pop acts, the venue
draft beers, and good food. is divided into a main stage and a
separate bar area.
Albatross G
2 Open
MAP V2 • 2F, 5th Avenue, 1-1-7
Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku • 3203-3699 6
MAP W3 • 2-5-15 Shinjuku,
• Adm Shinjuku-ku • 3226-8855
The long counter, generous space, This well-established nightspot
and ¥500 seating charge set this is run by the people who set up
place apart from the usual run of one of Tokyo’s first reggae bars
cramped Golden Gai bars. back in the 1990s.
Bar Plastic Model
7
MAP V2 • 1-1-10 Kabukicho,
Shinjuku • 5273-8441
A 1980s music soundtrack throbs
in the background at Bar Plastic
Model, one of Golden Gai’s more
contemporary theme bars.
Antiknock
8
MAP V3 • Rei Flat Bldg,
B1F, 4-3-15 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
• 3350-5670 • Adm
Mainly dedicated to rock, this small
club showcases up-and-coming acts,
many of them appealing to Tokyo’s
chic cyber-punks.
Garam
9
MAP V2 • Dai-Roku Polestar
Bldg, 1-16-6 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku
Jazz music at Shinjuku Pit Inn • 3205-8668
Practically a Tokyo institution, this
Shinjuku Pit Inn
3 small Kabukicho reggae bar is a
welcoming and animated spot that
MAP W3 • Accord Bldg, B1,
2-12-4 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku features MCs and DJs as well as
• 3354-2024 • Adm live acts. The music is a mix of dub,
Half-price weekend matinees are hip-hop, and roots reggae.
good value at this club, which is
Bar Gold Finger
popular with serious jazz aficionados. 0
MAP W3 • 2-12-11 Shinjuku,
Aiiro Café
4 Shinjuku-ku • 6383-4649
A women-only bar in Shinjuku
MAP W3 • 7th Tenka Bldg,
1F, 2-18-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku ni-chome, Tokyo’s famous gay
• 6230-0740 district. Dance events with visiting
Highly popular café bar that attracts DJs are a regular feature. Men are
a mixed, though mostly gay crowd. allowed entry on Fridays.
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