Since opening its doors in April 2000 with a live set from New York house legend Junior Vasquez, Tokyo's club Womb has been credited with doing more than other local venues to bring dance-music culture into the mainstream.
Ten years later, around 4,000 people walk through the venue's doors every weekend to party until the early hours of the morning.
The club pays a near ¥600,000 electricity bill each month to power its state-of-the-art light show and Phazon soundsystem in an 8.8-meter-high main room.