Osaka scene guide
Osaka scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at BAR Inc. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Osaka’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- House — if you like Mr. Ho: BAR Inc, Joule, Circus Osaka
- Techno — if you like Mr. Ho: Blvck Water, Joule, BAR Inc
- Disco — if you like coolsurf: BAR Inc, Circus Osaka, Alffo Records
- Hardcore — if you like Savage States: Bar Fader, Blvck Water, Club Stomp
- Bass — if you like Baby J (2): Triangle, Chika-Ikkai, Teranoma Tidepool
- Club — if you like CityBoyLounge: BAR Inc, Circus Osaka, Noon + Cafe
- Deep House — if you like DJ Garth: BAR Inc, Noon + Cafe, House Bar Muse
Busiest venues
How big is Osaka’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 2,404 club nights across 144 venues in Osaka, featuring 1,206 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Osaka tonight.
Which Osaka venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
What time do Osaka club nights actually start and end?
From the 2,404 listings publishing door times: the median Osaka night opens at 22:00 — 48% open before 22:00, 52% between 22:00 and midnight, and 0% after midnight. Of the 291 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 04:00, 51% run past 04:00 and 23% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Osaka cost?
Across the 334 listings publishing prices (14% of all nights): the median advance ticket is null 2000, with half of all nights between null 1000 and null 2500. 9% of listed nights are free.
When does Osaka go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (30% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 52% of the week. The busiest month of the year is August.
What does Osaka sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: Techno 37% · House 31% · Deep House 8% · Bass 6% · Disco 5% · Minimal Techno 5%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.
Artists to watch
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