Osaka scene guide
Osaka scene guide — find your venue by sound. Techno lands at Joule. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Osaka’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- Techno — if you like Ben Sims: Joule, BAR Inc, Circus Osaka
- House — if you like 5ive: BAR Inc, Joule, Super Studio Kitakagaya
- Disco — if you like Eric Duncan: BAR Inc, Compufunk Records, Bar Muffin'
- Deep House — if you like Mercy.: BAR Inc, Teranoma Tidepool, Compufunk Records
- Hardcore — if you like MAX DURANTE: Blvck Water, Teranoma, Triangle
- Experimental — if you like Limited Toss: Circus Osaka, Club Daphnia, Triangle
- Ambient — if you like AOKI takamasa: Kaze-no-Hiroba Plaza, BAR Inc, 5.6
Busiest venues
How big is Osaka’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 2,504 club nights across 146 venues in Osaka, featuring 1,231 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:
| Venue | Nights (12 mo) |
|---|---|
| BAR Inc | 343 |
| rake?raka? | 281 |
| Blvck Water | 184 |
| Socore Factory | 169 |
| Circus Osaka | 160 |
| Area_osaka | 129 |
| Joule | 119 |
| Compufunk Records | 86 |
| Club Daphnia | 78 |
| Triangle | 67 |
What time do Osaka club nights actually start and end?
From the 2,504 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 564 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 05:00, 54% run past 04:00 and 22% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Osaka cost?
Across the 652 listings publishing prices (26% of all nights): the median advance ticket is null 2000, with half of all nights between null 1000 and null 2300. 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 51% of the week. The busiest month of the year is September.
What does Osaka sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: Techno 38% · House 31% · Deep House 8% · Disco 5% · Bass 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.