Vol. 03一
A Tokyo Listening Bar · Est. 1972

KISSA

A vinyl-only kissaten in Nakameguro. Tube amplifiers, hand-drip coffee, three thousand two hundred records older than most of the staff.

We do not take requests. We do take whiskey, soft conversation, and the long way through Side B. Walk in, leave your phone on silent, and let the room do the talking.

二
Open now
19:00
until late
Tue – Sun
Closed Mondays
35.6°N三
Find us

B1F · 2-14-7
Aobadai, Meguro-ku

Tokyo 153-0042

04 min from中目黒
The room四
Interior of KISSA, a Tokyo jazz kissaten with tube amplifiers and vinyl shelves

"Eight Garrards, two Macs, one Paragon."

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Field journal
Vol. III
EST1972
Reservations
+81 3 4567 8910
℡
純喫茶
VINYL ONLY
ジャズ
NAKAMEGURO
中目黒
SIDE B FOREVER
ハンドドリップ
EST. 1972
TUBE AMPS
オーディオフィル
NO REQUESTS
夜更けまで
純喫茶
VINYL ONLY
ジャズ
NAKAMEGURO
中目黒
SIDE B FOREVER
ハンドドリップ
EST. 1972
TUBE AMPS
オーディオフィル
NO REQUESTS
夜更けまで
/ 02二の膳
a bento tray
Now playing五
On the platter
Side B · Track 3
BLUE NOTE
BLP 4194
1966
Wayne Shorter

Speak No Evil

Blue Note · 1966 · Music Matters 45rpm reissue. Wayne on tenor, Freddie on trumpet, Herbie at the piano, Ron on bass, Elvin keeping time.
06:345 of 6 on side B07:11
The chain六

Signal path,
groove to air.

  • TurntableGarrard 301 · Schroeder CB
  • CartridgeOrtofon SPU Royal N
  • PhonoEAR 834P · NOS Mullard
  • PreampMarantz Model 7C
  • AmpMcIntosh MC275 Mk IV
  • SpeakersJBL Paragon D44000
Tonight七

What the bartender
put on next.

  1. 21:14Speak No EvilB/3 · Shorter
  2. 21:21Recorda MeA/1 · Henderson
  3. 21:27Cantaloupe IslandA/2 · Hancock
  4. 21:33Goodbye Pork Pie HatA/2 · Mingus
  5. 21:43My Funny ValentineB/4 · Baker
/ 03三の膳
cash & whiskey
Menu八

Small list,
long pours.

Cash, IC card, or a story. We round down for regulars who help us close.

珈琲Coffee — hand drip
  • Yirgacheffe Konganatural · long, sweet
    ¥1,200
  • Tanzania peaberrywashed · bright
    ¥1,200
  • Cold brew, slow16hr · dark cherry
    ¥1,000
  • Espresso doppio
    ¥800
ウィスキーWhiskey
  • Yamazaki 12 yrneat · single
    ¥2,800
  • Hibiki Harmonyneat / rocks
    ¥2,400
  • Nikka Coffey Grainrocks
    ¥1,800
  • Highball, Tokilong pour
    ¥1,400
日本酒Sake
  • Juyondai Honmaru
    ¥3,200
  • Dassai 23
    ¥2,800
おつまみSnacks
  • Edamame
    ¥600
  • Wasabi peas
    ¥400
  • Cheese plate, three
    ¥1,800
Pour of the week九
Hand-pour of Yirgacheffe Konga coffee over a glass dripper
Pour · 12g / 200ml · 03:30

"Yirgacheffe Konga,
natural process."

Smoky stone-fruit, a finish like the last bar of a ballad. Brewed for a long set. Best paired with Side B of anything Blue Note.

Library十
On the shelf
3,217

Records in rotation. Sleeves catalogued by feel, not by genre. Ask for one you love. We will find one next to it.

Picks拾一
This week
  • 01Speak No Evil1966
  • 02Out to Lunch1964
  • 03The Köln Concert1975
  • 04Aja1977
  • 05Maiden Voyage1965
  • 06A Love Supreme1965
純喫茶
VINYL ONLY
ジャズ
NAKAMEGURO
中目黒
SIDE B FOREVER
ハンドドリップ
EST. 1972
TUBE AMPS
オーディオフィル
NO REQUESTS
夜更けまで
純喫茶
VINYL ONLY
ジャズ
NAKAMEGURO
中目黒
SIDE B FOREVER
ハンドドリップ
EST. 1972
TUBE AMPS
オーディオフィル
NO REQUESTS
夜更けまで
/ 04四の膳
twice a month
Notes from the booth拾二

Dispatches,
slow and selected.

Subscribe拾三
The slow letter

One letter,
two records,
the second Sunday.

A short note on what we played, what we sipped, and the one record we cannot stop thinking about. No tracking, ever.

ありがとう

/ 05五の膳
ears first
Manifesto拾四
何も話さなくていいnothing to say
We have no microphone.We have no mood-lighting controller.We have no Bluetooth.The room is a single instrument and you are inside it.Eight Garrards, two Macs, one JBL Paragon, three thousand records.We play Side B because Side A is what the algorithm already knows.
— Eiji, proprietor since 2014聴
The chain拾五
Vintage McIntosh tube amplifier glowing in the dark

"The tubes warm up
in fifteen minutes."

How to find us拾六
Address

B1F · 2-14-7 Aobadai
Meguro-ku · Tokyo

Walk down the stairs past the florist. Look for the brass plate.

Lat
35.6432° N
Long
139.6991° E
Nearest
Nakameguro
Hibiya line · 04 min on foot
Walking notes拾七
On the night you visit

Cross the bridge, take the steps down, leave your phone in your pocket.

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