Music May 21, 2019
The jazz cafe offering sounds of the 1960s in a Shinjuku basement
by Katherine Whatley
For many Tokyoites, Shinjuku is inextricably linked with the 1960s and '70s and with jazz. "There used to be jazz kissa (cafes) everywhere," says Dug cafe owner and jazz photographer Hozumi Nakadaira. During these decades, the district came to be known as a Mecca ...