If it is comfort food that you are after, then there is no cuisine perfect than Indian cuisine. Whether you fancy butter naan, tandoori chicken or just want a decent curry delivered directly to your ...

Interest in jazz kissa is growing internationally, and kissa-inspired listening venues are appearing outside Japan; can they compete with the real thing? Today’s mail call brought with it a wonderful ...

TOKYO >> Jazz kissa, or cafes with extensive collections of jazz records and high-end audio equipment for playing them, originated in Japan. Now listening bars, influenced by the culture of jazz kissa ...

When you read the title of this column there's a good chance you asked yourself, "what the heck is a jazz kissa?" I had never heard of them either until a recent interview I did with photographer ...

Jazz kissa rose to prominence in the 1960s and 70s in Japan, as music aficionados flocked to listen to the latest Thelonious Monk or John Coltrane in a comfortable setting Now listening bars are ...

For around 100 years, Japan's jazz kissa have offered a sanctuary for music lovers to enjoy jazz. We explore the enduring appeal of this unique subculture and how it is being preserved today. The real ...

Just before a recent visit to Japan, essential reading arrived at home in the form of Philip Arneill's book Tokyo Jazz Joints (reviewed by Ian Patterson). Well, we all know that jazz is big in Japan, ...

Distinct from live music venues, a Japanese jazz kissa revolves around enjoying vinyl records or CDs. Coined from kissaten, translating to 'tea-drinking shop,' jazz kissa gained traction post-Second ...

Tohoku, which is located in the northern region of the Japanese island of Honshu is a treasure trove of Jazz Kissas. Eric Pye has some suggestions. When I travel to Japan, two destinations are givens.

The city’s jazz cafes, where locals sit for hours listening to record collections that can numbers in the thousands, are finding new life through a younger generation. Tokyo’s Kissa Seikatsu cafe may ...