minimal Japan ?!

Android · Post by **Android** » Thu May 10, 2007 4:31 am

I'm headed to Japan in July early August

going to hit Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka

anyone from these cities?

where are the hot minimal clubs?

can I dj while I'm there?

where are the vinyl shops?

chrisdisco · Post by **chrisdisco** » Thu May 10, 2007 5:29 am

minimal isnt as big in japan as in europe, but there are a constant stream of great djs coming to tokyo and osaka. of the locals, fumiya tanaka is obviously the best on the minimal tip. if you are lucky, he might have one of his 'chaos' parties on when you are there.

best clubs in tokyo are yellow and unit. womb often has big names but it isnt a very nice club - normally too many people and a bad crowd. but you can have fun there too. other clubs that might have decent stuff on are colours, air, ageha and if you are very, very lucky the new liquid room.

as for record stores, in tokyo the best ones are cisco and warsazawa in shibuya. disc union and technique are also in shibuya and quite good. in shimokitazawa check out jetset. they also have a bigger store in kyoto.

i dont really know osaka or kyoto so cant comment, but dont expect too much in kyoto... anyway, tokyo is the bomb...

djreagen · Post by **djreagen** » Sat May 12, 2007 6:51 pm

ive never been in tokyo but this looks pretty fat

http://www.mnml.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18436

vermi · Post by **vermi** » Sat May 12, 2007 7:01 pm

the coolest thing about tokyo/japan must be the timetables

i still dont get it :S

(taken by my friend cave when he had some gigs over there for the first time)

it would have been fun if they had 30hour-days, but i do think there's a reasonable explenation behind this phenomenon

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Sat May 12, 2007 9:39 pm

vermi wrote:the coolest thing about tokyo/japan must be the timetables

i still dont get it :S

(taken by my friend cave when he had some gigs over there for the first time)

it would have been fun if they had 30hour-days, but i do think there's a reasonable explenation behind this phenomenon

When I played there it was the 'normal' 24hour way.... didn't see that example when I was there...

vermi · Post by **vermi** » Sat May 12, 2007 10:16 pm

patrick bateman wrote: When I played there it was the 'normal' 24hour way.... didn't see that example when I was there...

hehe, i don't doubt it. i just found the picture a bit funny ;-)

chrisdisco · Post by **chrisdisco** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:07 pm

djreagen wrote:ive never been in tokyo but this looks pretty fat

http://www.mnml.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18436

the party wasnt so good. disappointing. troy and gaiser were awesome, though. womb club isnt so good - always too many people... yellow is a much nicer club...

JCH · Post by **JCH** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:36 pm

chrisdisco wrote:
djreagen wrote:ive never been in tokyo but this looks pretty fat

http://www.mnml.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18436
the party wasnt so good. disappointing. troy and gaiser were awesome, though. womb club isnt so good - always too many people... yellow is a much nicer club...

Nothing wrong with Womb. I if understand correctly, the Minus gig was at another venue? When we played at Yellow, it was also packed. Now for a packed club, you can`t beat Maniac Love in the old days.

Check http://www.kansaiscene.com/current/html/home.shtml for stuff around Osaka.