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     A popular jazz band performs at Blue Note Tokyo
         Blue Note Tokyo
     7                        and Peruvian expatriates. Dance
         MAP S5  •  6-3-16 Minami-
                              lessons are held every night at this
     Aoyama, Minato-ku  •  5485-0088    extremely popular place.
     •  Call for timings of shows  •  Adm
                                  AgeHa
     •  www.bluenote.co.jp    0
     Cognoscenti claim this Tokyo branch –   MAP H6  •  2-2-10 Shin-Kiba,
     Japan’s most famous jazz club – is   Koto-ku  •  5534-1515  •  Open Fri, Sat,
     just as good as sister venues in Paris  occasional weekday events  •  Adm
     or New York. Some of the world’s   •  www.ageha.com
     hottest acts play here; the sets cover  Tokyo’s largest nightclub has a huge
     jazz, fusion, world music, and soul.   main dancefloor and hosts famous
                              DJs and live music. The outdoor
         WWW
     8                        spaces include a tented dance floor,
         MAP Q5  •  13-17 Udagawacho,
                              a beach-themed seating area, and a
     Shibuya-ku  •  5458-7685  •  See   bar-side swimming pool. It’s at the
     website for schedule  •  Adm    end of the Yurakucho subway line,
     •  www-shibuya.jp        but the club runs buses to and from
     Live gigs take place all through    Shibuya Station all night.
     the week with a wide
     range of local and   OME-KAIDO    SHINJUKU-KU
     international pop and    Nishi-  Shinjuku      YAS U KUNI - D ORI
     rock artists. This central   Shinjuku  SHINJUKU-DORI    GAI EN-HIGASHI- D ORI     Saneicho
     Shibuya venue was     KOSHU-KAIDO   MEIJI-DORI    Shinjuku
     formerly a cinema.    Yoyogi  Gyoen   Wakaba  SHINJUKU -   D O RI
                                  Garden
         Salsa Sudada
     9                          Sendagaya
                                   EXPRESSWAY NO.4
         MAP T4  •  Fusion
     Bldg, 3F, 7-13-8 Roppongi,   YAMATE-DORI    Yoyogi  Aoyama  AOYAMA-D ORI
                                        Kita-
     Minato-ku  •  5474-8806    Park            Akasaka
     •  Open 6pm–6am              Jingumae     MINATO-
     •  Adm Fri, Sat            MEIJI-DORI    AOYAMA-DORI   GAIEN-HIG A SHI-DORI KU
     Salsa dancing has long   Udagawacho  Minami-
                                      Aoyama
     been a fixture on the                        EXP W Y NO.2
     Tokyo club scene. Salsa   Shibuya  EXPRESSWAY NO.3   Roppongi
     Sudada is one of several      Higashi        8 miles
     Latin clubs in the city,   SHIBUYA-
                           KU
     attracting a crowd of        MEIJI- D O R I    Hiroo
     local patrons, as well as              0 km  1
     Brazilian, Colombian,        Ebisu     0 miles  1
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