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Rock & Metal Bars Near Zepp Shinjuku and Shinjuku LOFT (Kabukicho)

Shinjuku has more of the rock and metal bars on this site than any other part of Tokyo, and many of them are in Kabukicho. The same neighborhood is home to Zepp Shinjuku, a live hall for about 1,500 in Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, and Shinjuku LOFT, a basement live house that has been a home for Japanese rock and punk since the 1970s.

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Kabukicho is a big, busy nightlife district where host and hostess clubs sit alongside the bars, so it's best to know where you're heading. Don't follow anyone on the street who offers to take you to a bar. The bars listed first are the rock and metal bars of Kabukicho and of Golden Gai, the tiny-bar lanes right next door. Below them are bars in Shinjuku-sanchome, Takadanobaba and elsewhere, then the Chuo Line neighborhoods of Koenji and Asagaya, a few minutes west by train.

Getting there from the venue

  • Zepp Shinjuku is right by Seibu-Shinjuku Station, and about 7 minutes on foot from the east exit of JR Shinjuku Station.
  • Shinjuku LOFT is also in Kabukicho, a short walk from Zepp Shinjuku.
  • Golden Gai is on the east side of Kabukicho, next to Hanazono Shrine.
  • Koenji and Asagaya are about 6–8 minutes from Shinjuku on the JR Chuo Line. On weekends and holidays the Chuo Rapid trains skip them, so take a Chuo-Sobu Line local.

Rock & metal bars within reach

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Kabukicho & Golden Gai 11 bars

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Diablo Visual Rock BAR～ディアブロ〜Shinjuku, Tokyo Japanese Rock Music VideosView details →クロウダディ・クラブShinjuku, Tokyo Metal & Hard Rock Classic Rock Punk Live Music & Jams Music Videos FoodView details →ROCK CAFE LOFT is your roomShinjuku, TokyoView details →パンクロックバー H.O.D Punk Bar Hair Of the Dogs -Tokyo-Shinjuku, Tokyo Punk Vinyl RecordsView details →DEATHMATCH IN HELL 地獄のデスマッチShinjuku, Tokyo Metal & Hard RockView details →

Shinjuku 9 bars

AYA-METALShinjuku, Tokyo Metal & Hard RockView details →Rock Bar GravityShinjuku, Tokyo Metal & Hard RockView details →Rock in Bar BLACKShinjuku, Tokyo Live Music & JamsView details →Rock Inn DICEShinjuku, Tokyo Metal & Hard Rock Live Music & JamsView details →Shinjuku 新.宿. CactusShinjuku, TokyoView details →ＴＥＸＡＳＦＬＯＯＤShinjuku, Tokyo Classic RockView details →
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upset the apple-cartShinjuku, TokyoView details →グラス オニオンShinjuku, Tokyo Classic RockView details →新宿UNDERGROUND Azzitto1224Shinjuku, Tokyo Metal & Hard Rock Live Music & JamsView details →

Suginami 9 bars

BAR ROCK INDIASuginami, Tokyo Live Music & Jams Vinyl RecordsView details →Rock Bar EdgeSuginami, Tokyo Live Music & JamsView details →Rock Bar HeavenSuginami, Tokyo Classic Rock Music VideosView details →Rock Bar VAMPSuginami, Tokyo Live Music & JamsView details →ROCK KITCHEN 1984Suginami, Tokyo FoodView details →rock yaSuginami, Tokyo Classic RockView details →
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Vegan Bar METEORA ★メテオラ高円寺Suginami, Tokyo Metal & Hard Rock FoodView details →コムレイドSuginami, Tokyo Punk Japanese Rock Music VideosView details →高円寺メタルめし Kouenji METAL MESHI HEAVY METAL DININGSuginami, Tokyo Metal & Hard Rock FoodView details →

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Editor's pick in Tokyo: worth the train ride

Rockbar Painkiller

★ Editor's Top Pick

Kokubunji, Tokyo

Near Kokubunji Station, Rockbar Painkiller is a hard rock and heavy metal bar named, of course, after the Judas Priest classic. The owner left a long company career in 2016 to open a long-dreamed-of rock bar, has been to Wacken Open Air, the world's biggest metal festival, six years in a row, and still fronts a band with high-pitched screams and a Flying V. The owner's taste leans melodic: Michael Schenker, UFO, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Helloween, Sonata Arctica, Hammerfall and Avantasia are favorites. Rare music videos play on a 100-inch screen, and the bar hosts live shows and jam sessions. Drinks include beer, bourbon, whisky and shochu, with light bar snacks rather than full meals. Smoking is allowed inside on regular nights; on event nights, smokers step outside. Some English is understood, but a translation app on your phone is often the quickest way to chat.

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