This intimate jazz club has been an important part of Tokyo's jazz scene since 1974, moving to Shibuya from their previous Omotesando location in October 2021. There's a full calendar of live music with shows every night - mostly local artists, but...

Located in the basement of the Tokyu Department Store next to the east exit of Shibuya Station, this sprawling food hall is one of the biggest and most varied in town. They sell fresh fish, meat and produce and prepared foods of all kinds -...

Occupying the top two floors of a modern nine-story building in the middle of Shibuya, Mocha is quite attractively decorated and comfortably furnished, and offers nice panoramic views of the surrounding area. All in all, it's probably the most...

This conveniently located outlet of the comic-book specialty store carries action figures and toys, videos and music, and hundreds of thousands of comic books, both new and used.

Here in the well-stocked original branch of the popular craft and hobbyist store you'll find everything from science-lab equipment and art supplies to woodworking tools and lumber. There's a large stationery department, and a decent selection of...

Unlike the former branch across the street, this is a Mega-Donki, spread out over six floors, with spacious aisles, a multitude of cashiers and a much more comfortable shopping experience. And they're open 24 hours a day, handy for Shibuya...

Anchoring the very culture-focused Bunkamura complex, this mid-level department store has a popular beer garden in the summer a nice rooftop pet shop year-round. The basement wine area has one of the best department-store selections in town.

Bunkamura is the art and culture complex attached to the main branch of Tokyu Department store, and it houses a major art musuem, a 747-seat theater (Theatre Cocoon), a 2150-seat concert hall (Orchard Hall), and a two-screen arthouse cinema (Le...

Part of the Bunkamura art and culture complex, the ground-floor gallery holds around thirty exhibitions a year in various genres.

One of the leading art museums in Japan, the museum at Bunkamura puts on several major international shows every year, often introducing masterpieces from foreign musuems.

Domestic and imported art books are the specialty at NADiff (the name is short for "New Art Diffusion"), and the collection here covers such diverse genres as photography, architecture, film, theater and music. The shop is attached to the art...

This three-story building houses a private residence on the ground floor and gallery spaces upstairs for a private art museum created to help blind and visually impaired people experience art. (In case you're wondering who Tom is, it's an acronym...

A spacious, long-running club with an incredible sound system. There are separate lounge areas upstairs and down.

Popular international and local DJs and an excellent sound system.

A popular hip-hop and R&B club in the heart of Shibuya's club zone. Hours vary.

Equipped with laser cutters, a 3D printer and similar machinery, Fab Cafe encourages its patrons to turn their stylish ideas into stylish physical objects. The bright and convivial space feels like a beehive of creative activity - lone patrons peck...

If you can't get enough of Pepper, the odd-looking humanoid robot often found lurking in SoftBank shops, now you can visit a cafe staffed by an army of Peppers. There's a crew at the cafe's reception desk to greet you, and individual Peppers at...

The initials stand for Jazz Blues Soul, with an emphasis on jazz and coffee during the daytime. The huge, 11,000-disk vinyl collection here also includes an impressive selection of old-school hiphop from the seventies through the nineties. ...

A smallish dance floor with a decent sound system, and a separate bar area that's somewhat quieter. The music covers all genres.

A popular venue for jazz and R&B acts from home and abroad.

A pair of rather cute goats, living in a pen in front of the shop, are one of the main draws at this lively neighborhood cafe. The interior is spacious, filled with mismatched, comfortable chairs and battered tables, and the soundtrack tends...

Outside of theme parks, it's unusual to see a massive, multi-story building with a design that's clearly based on a children's transformer-robot toy - it represents a rare match-up between an adventurous client and an innovative architect. And...

Late-night bowling in the heart of Shibuya. The 42 lanes here include 12 black-light lanes.

Late-night ping pong, billiards and other social sports at this conveniently located facility close to Shibuya Station.

Located in the basement of the Diesel fashion brand's flagship store in Shibuya, this two-room gallery presents shows by well-known international artists, many with a strong anime or pop-culture sensibility. There are four shows per year, and...

Anchoring the east side of Shibuya station, this massive shopping, entertainment and office complex includes eight floors of shopping (including two floors of food halls); more than two dozen restaurants and cafes; a concert hall; Theatre Orb; a...

Located right next to the excellent D47 design museum, this well-curated shop offers a wide range of beautifully designed household goods and crafts from all 47 prefectures of Japan. Products are selected by the editor of D Design travel magazine,...

This ambitious design museum/gallery has the unusual mission of showcasing commercial, industrial and product design from all 47 Japanese prefectures. Some exhibitions concentrate on one prefecture, while others focus on a particular style of...

Visiting the Good Design Store is like a trip to a design museum, except everything here is for sale. This specialty design shop carries a diverse array of household goods, stationery supplies, toys and random products, all of them past winners of...