Japan's love affair with jazz is an old one. A unique one. It is home to hundreds of jazz-listening bars and cafés, places where chatting is at best frowned upon, and even forbidden between certain ...

Through their Tokyo Jazz Joints podcast and book, Philip Arneill and James Catchpole aim to spotlight, honor and preserve Japan’s storied jazz kissa culture. Now, Catchpole is undertaking his most ...

This month Eric Pye toured 6 Jazz Kissas across Tokyo, Japan. Find out what they’re all about. When I visit Japan I have two main goals, besides visiting with friends and family. I lived here for over ...

“Japanese-influenced listening bars” may be the latest, greatest trend in US bar culture, but their high-end sound systems and even more highfalutin aesthetic draw from a much more humble practice: ...