Jazz Spot Yamatoya
ジャズスポット ヤマトヤ
One of Kyoto's most celebrated kissa: a compact bar whose collection runs from bebop to free jazz.
Not yet verifiedKyoto's kissa are smaller and older than Tokyo's, and the city's stillness gets into them. Several have been run by the same person for decades, with a collection to match.
None of these has been checked in person or confirmed by the venue yet. Each was written from what the venue publishes about itself, and every page says so.
ジャズスポット ヤマトヤ
One of Kyoto's most celebrated kissa: a compact bar whose collection runs from bebop to free jazz.
Not yet verifiedCavelike and unpolished, run by drummer Naohisa Yokota with a programme heavy on Monk.
Not yet verifiedWe have written up 2 in Kyoto. None of these has been checked in person or confirmed by the venue yet. Each was written from what the venue publishes about itself, and every page says so.
None of the rooms we have written up in Kyoto serve food. They are set up for drinking and listening.
Jazz Spot Yamatoya and Jazz in Rokudenashi serve coffee as well as playing records.
A bar built around a stereo, where the music is put on from vinyl, tape or a disc rather than played live, and the room is arranged to face the speakers. It is the descendant of the Japanese jazz kissa, with a bar tab and later hours.