In recent years, hi-fi and listening bars have caught on outside its Tokyo origins with what feels like a new audiophile driven cafe or bar opening daily. Taking inspiration from Japan’s ...

Picture this: You're at a busy bar when the whisper of a song comes trickling out of some busted speaker; you want to save it for future listening ... Little Soul Cafe in Tokyo, because music ...

Known for their obsessively curated playlists and impeccably tuned sound systems, listening bars are a Tokyo institution. The city now has yet another of these audio temples, but not in a form you ...

Though Tokyo is often praised ... takes the Japanese concept of a listening bar – where the proprietor plays their own collection of records on a high-end audio system – and combines it ...

Trinkets on display at Rock Bar Full House. Lee Chapman As Tokyo rebuilt ... I stepped into my first listening café where no one was talking, facing these incredible speakers, I could pay ...

(Tokyo Listening Room and Another Country ... It’s stimulating, but it’s mostly stimulating from, like, an audio perspective.” Another bar drawing an audiophile crowd is Eavesdrop, in ...

Owner Justin Hemmes and designer Kelvin Ho of Akin Atelier drew inspiration from Tokyo's many listening bars when creating ... a cocktail inside a giant speaker box – but pink," said Ho.

The Japanese influence extends beyond the menu. The bar has been modeled after a Tokyo-style listening bar, with dark wood, red lanterns overhead, and a backlit liquor cabinet. “It’s all about ...

Tokyo Listening Room and Another Country ... It’s stimulating, but it’s mostly stimulating from an audio perspective.” Another bar drawing an audiophile crowd is Eavesdrop, in Greenpoint ...