We could do with more of this in the US.

[2FarGone]

This is a good article about Japanese “Kissas”, quiet pub-type establishments where the focus is listening to music - on vinyl. The linked article is on Apple News, and was originally on National Geographic, which is unfortunately behind a paywall. Hopefully, some resourceful individual can offer a more accessible link to it.

Mastering the art of deep listening in Japan — National Geographic

In the warm glow of the country’s jazz cafés, a subculture of vinyl aficionados is preserving a communal form of music appreciation—and cultivating the kind of deep sensory experiences that our noisy world has forgotten. Legendary jazz club owners like Shoji “Swifty” Sugawara popularized the...

apple.news

 

[Dizzie]

Yea, all just great until a fight breaks out fighting for the sweet spot.

 

[Bones13]

I’ve been to, and will be back to:

https://www.shibuyahifi.com

We had fun. I would prefer one to be in walking distance, perhaps one day.

 

[2FarGone]

Yea, all just great until a fight breaks out fighting for the sweet spot.

You may be right. It’s entirely possible that insufficient civility remains in this culture for something like that to work. Ah, well… it was a nice thought.

 

[Dizzie]

You may be right. It’s entirely possible that insufficient civility remains in this culture for something like that to work. Ah, well… it was a nice thought.

Add alcohol and stir. PLAY "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN"

 

[crwilli]

Yea, all just great until a fight breaks out fighting for the sweet spot.

That’s the beautiful part of Japan. Nobody will sit in the sweet spot so as not to take it from another.