Japan live music, 2026 Q3
In 2026 Q3, Ground Frequency logged 3,994 dated events at 344 tracked rooms across 27 cities in Japan. That is what our registry saw announced between 2026-07-01 and 2026-09-30. The current issue has Igawile at #1 on the Japan artist chart with 89.0 — that is this week, not this quarter.
3,994
dated events
344
rooms with a date
27
cities active
We publish the quarter, not the change: our own event collection grew several-fold across these quarters, so a quarter-on-quarter line would report our ingest curve rather than the scene. Why we do not chart that yet
What kind of quarter was it for Japan?
rooms with a dated event, by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 155Rock / Band 65World Music 64Jazz 22Vocal 18Pop / Hiphop 11
Which rooms ran the quarter?
by dated events inside the quarter| ROOM | CITY | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Note Tokyo | Tokyo | Jazz | 42 |
| Kagoshima CAPARVO Hall | Kagoshima | Rock / Band | 39 |
| Record & Music Bar ON | Okinawa | DJ / Electronic | 38 |
| Okinawa Output | Naha | Rock / Band | 37 |
| Club Citta | Kawasaki | DJ / Electronic | 36 |
| Hamamatsu FORCE | Hamamatsu | Rock / Band | 36 |
| Blvck Water | Osaka | DJ / Electronic | 35 |
| ZEROTOKYO | Tokyo | DJ / Electronic | 35 |
| Circus Tokyo | Tokyo | Techno / Bass / Electronic | 34 |
| Hiroshima Cave-Be | Hiroshima | Rock / Band | 34 |
| Mitsuki | Tokyo | World Music | 34 |
| WWW X Tokyo | Tokyo | DJ / Electronic | 34 |
Which cities carried it?
cities by dated events in the quarterThe current Japan charts · Download the issue data · Every quarter report
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Ground Frequency. “Japan live music, 2026 Q3”. 2026Q3. https://www.groundfreq.com/reports/japan/2026q3/
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