
Find a small counter, order dinner, and settle into Shinjuku’s old alleyways.
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Find a small counter, order dinner, and settle into Shinjuku’s old alleyways.
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A close-knit collection of tiny bars, each with its own personality.
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Soul, funk and jazz, one record at a time in a small upstairs bar.
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Choose a show from the official calendar and build your night around it.
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An open-air pause above the streets of Shibuya.
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Reserve a time to see Shibuya from above.
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Choose the DJ lineup first, then make the dance floor your destination.
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A live show above or below Spain-zaka, chosen for the artists you want to hear.
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Your own room, your own songs, and a night with the people you came with.
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Begin early with a book, a record browse, or something to eat.
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On Thursdays and Fridays, let an exhibition begin your evening.
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A window onto the city, with no observation-deck ticket to arrange.
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Start with something to eat, then let the illuminated streets set the pace.
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A stone-paved lane for a slower dinner near the lights of Dotonbori.
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Take a short cruise along Dotonbori and see the streets from the water.
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Give Osaka’s skyline a place in your evening.
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Choose an artist, book your seat and make the performance the centre of your night.
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Pick a lineup in Amerikamura and let the music decide your night.
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Choose dinner in a narrow lane between Sanjo and Shijo.
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A theatre evening that tells its story without spoken dialogue.
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Follow a lineup into an underground Kyoto music night.
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A city view close to Kyoto Station and your dinner options.
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Pick your own dinner from a basement food hall near the station.
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Find a small food-stall counter by the river and order something warm.
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An easy dinner choice with a fountain show if the schedule fits.
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Choose a live or DJ event in a two-floor music venue near Tenjin.
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See the city and coastline from above after a seaside dusk.
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Leave room for the sea before the city’s evening lights.
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Make a warm dinner your first stop in Sapporo’s evening district.
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Take a rooftop wheel ride above a dinner-led Susukino evening.
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Begin above Odori Park before dinner or a jazz show.
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Choose a jazz performance and settle into a small basement room.
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Choose a clear evening for a mountain view above Sapporo.
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Choose dinner close to Nagoya’s park lights and music venues.
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An architectural pause around the illuminated Spaceship-Aqua roof.
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Choose a skyline visit with the right ticket for your evening.
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Reserve a jazz night near Sakae and let the performance set the pace.
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Pick a specific event for a basement music night in Shin-Sakae.
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Choose your own dinner in Yokohama’s Chinatown.
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Let dinner give way to a walk beside the harbour.
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Browse harbour-side brick buildings and choose an early dinner.
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A harbour view from the wheel, when weather and the calendar agree.
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Make a booked performance the centre of a harbour-side evening.
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A spacious harbour pause before your tower visit.
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Book a city-and-harbour view above Meriken Park.
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Choose dinner around Sannomiya before a booked music night.
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Take a table for live jazz near Kitanozaka.
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Follow a dated concert into a Sannomiya basement venue.
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Choose a counter for Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki.
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An early view before dinner, with a closing time to plan around.
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A central arcade for a flexible stroll around dinner.
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Find your own dinner place in Hiroshima’s evening streets.
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A ticketed live show above Hiroshima PARCO.
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Find a small dinner spot just off Sunmall Ichibancho.
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Browse a neighbouring alley and choose the counter that suits you.
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An early city view from the 31st floor near Sendai Station.
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Give your evening room to breathe beneath the zelkova trees.
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Choose a dated concert and match the right basement room.
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A flexible main-street walk around your market meal or music booking.
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Make a market meal the early part of your Naha evening.
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Build an evening around a film or show you can enjoy.
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Reserve a table for island songs and dinner at your own pace.
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Slow the evening down in a garden with its own night admission.
Before you goCheck an event’s date, artists and entry details on the organiser’s own listing.
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