Japan live music, 2026 Q2
In 2026 Q2, Ground Frequency logged 1,876 dated events at 271 tracked rooms across 25 cities in Japan. That is what our registry saw announced between 2026-04-01 and 2026-06-30. The current issue has IRIS MONDO at #1 on the Japan artist chart with 89.0 — that is this week, not this quarter.
1,876
dated events
271
rooms with a date
25
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 131Rock / Band 45World Music 25Vocal 16Pop / Hiphop 11Jazz 8
Which rooms ran the quarter?
by dated events inside the quarter| ROOM | CITY | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Note Tokyo | Tokyo | Jazz | 24 |
| Hamamatsu FORCE | Hamamatsu | Rock / Band | 23 |
| Hiroshima Cave-Be | Hiroshima | Rock / Band | 23 |
| Loft Heaven | Tokyo | Vocal | 22 |
| WOMB | Tokyo | DJ / Electronic | 22 |
| ZEROTOKYO | Tokyo | DJ / Electronic | 22 |
| 音楽食堂ondo | Chugoku | DJ / Electronic | 22 |
| BRAND SHIBUYA | Tokyo | DJ / Electronic | 21 |
| Kobe Blueport | Kobe | Rock / Band | 21 |
| Music Bar 45 | Tokyo | DJ / Electronic | 21 |
| Okinawa Output | Naha | Rock / Band | 21 |
| Record & Music Bar ON | Okinawa | DJ / Electronic | 21 |
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 Q2”. 2026Q2. https://www.groundfreq.com/reports/japan/2026q2/
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