JJapan Trips

Metal-Rock bars and other bars on Japan

  • January 29, 2026

Hey everyone!

We're heading to Japan soon and have been researching for rock/metal bars. We are looking for anything we missed or to be honest anything fun (could be no music that is not a requirement)

TOKYO

Shinjuku / Kabukicho

Want to for sure go

  • GODZ
  • Deathmatch in Hell
  • From Dusk Till Dawn
  • Rock Bar MOTHER

Unsure

  • Crawdaddy Rock Bar
  • Psy Rock Bar
  • Hair of the Dogs
  • Gravity Rock Bar
  • Rock Bar Black

Shibuya

  • Rockaholic
  • Star Star
  • Grandfather's

Roppongi

  • Rock Bar BAUHAUS

Ikebukuro

  • Lands Rock

Ueno / Uguisudani

  • Rock Bar Sakebi (叫び)

Asakusa

  • ORANGE-ROOM

KYOTO

  • Rocking Bar ING
  • Rock Bar CRUNCH
  • Rock Stock
  • Rock Bar DIRT
  • P.M.SOUNDS KYOTO
  • JOKER Bar
  • TakuTaku (think it´s not a bar but a live house same on the next one)
  • Jittoku
  • UrBANGUILD

OSAKA

Want to go

  • Rock Rock
  • Rock Bar Cherry Bomb
  • Bronze

Unsure

  • Rock Bar Midian
  • 80's Rock Bar FREAK

I think next ones are live got Namba bears very recommened

  • Hokage
  • GIG'L
  • Namba Bears

Amerikamura Area

  • Mustang
  • Space Station – I think this one has retro games
  • Moonshine

Takayama

Didn't find anything relevant looking for anything, I saw some craft beers that looked promising.

KANAZAWA

Didn´t find much here tbh mostly craft beer and a Dylan bar

  • Pub Dylan
  • Oriental Brewing
  • Kanazawa Music Bar
  • Sturgis (suggestion by M4rkusD)

We are looking for anything we may have missed or any other fun activity to be honest, our trip would be Tokyo, Takayama, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Osaka so we should be covering majority of cities.

We are going mid Feb to mid March so if there is also any nice concert would be amazing to know.
Thanks!

by sercotel

8 comments

  1. Sturgis in Kanazawa is insane. They’ve got a cover charge but they’re very open about the reason why. I’ve been to ING in Kyoto twice and it’s one of my favourite. Mixed crowd but it gets busy. Keep in mind that a lot of rock bars allow smoking!

  5. Shimokitazawa (Tokyo suburb) is a good area for live music bars from what I understand, and fairly certain at least a handful of them are rock-oriented.

    I did a touch of research for our last trip, but we didn’t end up doing more than daytime thrift store shopping when we actually got there, so unfortunately can’t add much more than to recommend having a look in that area.

  6. Kyoto also has Submarine, I went to a cool metal / shoegaze show there right before new years. Check out the band Lightning Swells Forever, they rip!

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