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• Designed and published by ERG Media
• Cover Material: Hardcover
• Page Count: 336 pages
• Number of Illustrations: Over 300
• Language: English
• Dimensions: 24,8 x 35,5 cm
• Author: ERG Media
• ISBN 978-90-835320-0-4
• Published in 2025

From the heart of Tokyo to the most remote corners of the country, listening bars popularly known as Jazz Kissa have shaped Japanese musical culture since the 1940s.

These quiet sanctuaries, dedicated to the pure act of listening, are built around rare vintage audio systems, towering speakers, and meticulously curated vinyl collections.


Today, the concept of Jazz Kissa has found renewed interest by a culture aiming to reconnect with impeccable quality and the inimitable feeling of analog sound.

For over fifteen years the photographer and cultural historian Katsumasa Kusunose has traveled across Japan to document the country’s greatest listening cafés, and the people who keep their flame alive. 

For the first time, Jazz Kissa presents Kusunose-san’s work as a coffee table book, offering an unparalleled insight into both the culture that shaped these spaces alongside a decade and a half of his relentless photographic explorations.