Thank you so much for sharing these. I saw your “part two” of this series come up on my feed and was sad at no Kyoto jazz kissas featured but so happy to see plenty here! I’ll be moving to Kyoto in May and will be hunting these out almost immediately 🙏
Thanks so much for reading, Simon! The Kyoto kissas are some of my very favourites so you will absolutely have an amazing time, and surely uncover ones that I missed. I hope the move goes well! Kyoto would be an incredible place to live.
Thanks for this! Don’t think I’m familiar with this one but it sounds fantastic and I’ll certainly add to my list and make the trip out next time. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for sharing these. I saw your “part two” of this series come up on my feed and was sad at no Kyoto jazz kissas featured but so happy to see plenty here! I’ll be moving to Kyoto in May and will be hunting these out almost immediately 🙏
Thanks so much for reading, Simon! The Kyoto kissas are some of my very favourites so you will absolutely have an amazing time, and surely uncover ones that I missed. I hope the move goes well! Kyoto would be an incredible place to live.
Thank you! Please let me know if you’re ever visiting the city, we can have a mini Substack meetup in a jazz kissa!
That sounds great to me! I'm hoping to be back in Japan later this year.
For those who don't mind going off the beaten track, I recommend Cafe bar JIMLAN in Kagoshima.
The centrepiece of the sound system a pair of restored JBL speakers from the 40s. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUW3shkPuGd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
And of course the selectiona of jazz and spirits are excellent.
(Kagoshima is the southernmost city of mainland Japan, but it's a brisk bullet train rise away from the central cities).
Thanks for this! Don’t think I’m familiar with this one but it sounds fantastic and I’ll certainly add to my list and make the trip out next time. Thanks so much!
Found this at the perfect time! Just got to Osaka today and am now writing this from the counter at bird/56. Cheers!