takutaku — Local services in Kyoto

A must for live music enthusiasts! If you love Jazz, Indie, Rock and Roll and blues this is a place you cannot miss when visiting Kyoto. The intimate setting combined with people smoking (if you can tolerate this) make for a atmospheric venue which is missing in a lot of today's modern music venues.

Doors open usually around 6pm, sometimes earlier. We didn't have tickets which I think is a must for some of the more popular acts but we're allowed in at slightly inflated charge to the normal ticket price. The ticket comes with a free drink though so it softens the blow slightly. Drinks are reasonably priced and they serve food from an English menu, the food isn't up to much but we didn't come for the food.

Great place to spend a night with some entertainment and they serve some fine whiskey which we enjoyed after the band finished as they stay open for a few hours after. Take a look if you're stuck picking live music to see, you...

磔磔は、京都で50年間にわたって営業を続けてきたライブハウスです。四条河原町近くの街中に建つ築100年を超える木造の蔵で、一見、ライブハウスにはとても見えないが、70年代から現在に至るまで、日本や海外のミュージシャンたちが毎晩演奏を繰り広げてきました。 今年で開店50年目に入った「磔磔」も、このコロナ禍により、すべてのスケジュールを中止・延期し、フードのテイクアウトのみで営業していた。最近では、定員を制限したライブを細々と続けているらしい。 私も若い頃よく通った。オーティス・クレイ、ジョニー・ギター・ワトソンも此処で観ました。懐かしい。 拾得、京大西部講堂と並ぶ京都のロックの殿堂ですよ。 詳しくは、リンクのHPを見てください。 Jujutsu is a live house that has been in business for 50 years in Kyoto. A wooden storehouse built over 100 years ago in the town near Shijo Kawaramachi, it doesn't look like a live house at first glance, but from the 70's to the present, musicians from Japan and overseas have performed every night. . This year marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the restaurant "Jujutsu". Recently, it seems that they are continuing live performances with limited capacity. "I used to go there a lot when I was younger." I also saw Otis Clay and Johnny Guitar Watson here. nostalgic. Jittoku is one of Kyoto's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with Kyoto University Western Auditorium. For details, see...

Lots of interesting acts, nice informal atmosphere and sound quality that puts many major venues to shame. Owing to its location smack in the middle of a residential area shows rarely go on beyond 9 PM meaning you don't have to worry about catching...