Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Friday, November 18, 2011

Visual kei concert experience

This is a great article from Jame-world that talks about visual kei concert etiquette in Japan. Check it out! I will write a blog post about it myself later.

"Visual kei is a particularly meticulous scene with fans that follow bands often like a life line. These shows are unlike any others within Japan. While a normal rock or punk concert is reminiscent of the wild and often erratic behavior seen in western countries with crowd surfing and individualistic conduct, visual kei fans are orderly, uniform and precise – sometimes to an abnormal level."

Read more here:
http://www.jame-world.com/uk/articles-72145-visual-kei-concert-etiquette-a-beginner-s-guide.html

Kanagawa-ken 神奈川県

Visual kei venues in Kanagawa prefecture

Larger venues

Yokohama ARENA http://www.yokohama-arena.co.jp/

Smaller venues

Sunphonix Hall http://www.sunphonix.co.jp/sh/

F.A.D Yokohama http://www.fad-music.com/

Yokohama Baysis http://www.yokohamabaysis.com/

Yokohama Bay Hall http://www.bayhall.jp/

Yokohama Blitz http://www.tbs.co.jp/blitz/

Club Citta http://clubcitta.co.jp/


 

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Nagoya 名古屋

Visual kei venues in Nagoya

Larger Venues

Nippon Gaishi Hall / Rainbow Hall  http://www.nespa.or.jp/shisetsu/hall/

Nagoya Zepp  http://www.zepp.co.jp/nagoya/


Smaller Venues

Diamond Hall  http://www.diamond-hall.com/

Nagoya ELL  http://www.ell.co.jp/

Nagoya ell. FITS ALL  http://www.ell.co.jp/

Chiba 千葉県

Visual kei venues in Chiba-ken

Chiba Look  http://inochigake.com/

Kashiwa Palooza   http://www.kashiwa-palooza.com/pc/index2.html

Osaka 大阪

Visual kei venues in Osaka

Larger Venues

Zepp Osaka  http://www.zepp.co.jp/osaka/

Cosmos Theater  http://www.cosmostheater.or.jp/

Kyocera Dome  http://www.kyoceradome-osaka.jp/

NHK Hall  http://www.nhk-osakahall.jp/


Smaller Venues

Namba Rockets  http://www.namba-rockets.com/

Umeda Akaso  http://www.akaso.jp/

Osaka Big Cat  http://www.arm-live.com/bigcat/

Shinsaibashi Club Quattro  http://www.club-quattro.com/shinsaibashi/

Osaka Muse  http://www.arm-live.com/muse/osaka/

Esaka Muse  http://www.arm-live.com/muse/esaka/index.html

Holiday Osaka  http://www.clubholiday.jp/osaka/

Namba Hatch  http://www.namba-hatch.com/intop.html

small indies

Brand new http://www.brandnew-osaka.com/index.htm


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Monday, November 14, 2011

Tokyo 東京

Visual Kei Venues in Tokyo

Large Venues (Only the biggest visual kei bands, usually seating):

Zepp Tokyo http://www.zepp.co.jp/tokyo/

Tokyo Budoh-kan http://www.tef.or.jp/tb/index.php
 
NHK Hall http://www.nhk-sc.or.jp/nhk_hall/
 
Shibuya WOMB http://www.womb.co.jp/%20

Shibuya CC Lemon Hall http://www.shibuko.com/

Shinkiba Studio Coast http://www.studio-coast.com/

Tokyo Dome  http://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/


Smaller Venues (usually more visual kei, and standing room only):

Shibuya Club Quattro (lots of non visual-kei too) http://club-quattro.com/

Takadanobaba AREA (almost all v-kei, very small) http://www.xxxrecords.jp/area/

Ikebukuro EDGE http://www.xxxrecords.jp/edge/
(so far they don`t even have any info on their website, but they have a map anyways I think)

Ikebukuro Cyber (some v-kei) http://www.ikebukuro-cyber.com/
 
Shibuya o-east & o-west (crest and nest don't really have v-kei) http://shibuya-o.com/%20

Shibuya AX http://www.shibuya-ax.com/
 
Akasaka Blitz http://www.tbs.co.jp/blitz/
 
Ebisu Liquidroom http://www.liquidroom.net/
 
Shibuya Boxx http://www.shibuyaboxx.com/
 
Shinjuku Loft http://www.loft-prj.co.jp/LOFT/
 
Shibuya WWW http://www-shibuya.jp/index.html%20

Ikebukuro Black Hole (very small, almost all v-kei) http://black-hole.jp/
 
Shibuya Rex http://www.ruido.org/rex/

Ruido~ k4 shinjuku, Shibuya k2, Ikebukuro k3 (small places, lots of v-kei) http://www.ruido.org/ 
 
Holiday Shinjuku http://www.clubholiday.jp/shinjuku/

Meguro Rockmaykan http://www.rockmaykan.com/index.html

Shinjuku FNV http://f-n-valve.com/