No Smoking Bar Musicman

Name: No Smoking Bar Musicman
Type: Jazz Bar
Station: Jiyugaoka

Location: Turn right after taking the main exit and cross the road. It's on the 2F of the old shopping centre. You should be able to see it listed on the ground floor listing. The building's across the road from the station.

Info: Web Site, Ph: 03-3725-0615.

You've got to give props to an establishment, especially in Japan, which advertises the fact that it's 100% smoke free to the point that it mentions it in it's own name.

No Smoking Bar Musicman is a tiny little jazz bar run by one of the friendliest bar owners I've met in Japan who despite not knowing much in the way of English was more than willing to help me an my friend navigate the drinks menu (which thankfully had some English in it) and help us feel at home.

Something that's great about this bar is that it's so close to the station (literally across the road) yet because it's off the street level, you're given a better chance of getting a seat at the bar.

This tiny gem offers a wide variety of beers and other alcohol as well as a great selection of music to listen to while you unwind (a listing of some of the owner's collection can be seen on the website, unfortunately only in Japanese).

You may not head out to Jiyugaoka that often, I only head out there for work, but the station's only a seven minute express train ride from Shibuya on the Toyoku Line and there is some great shopping to be had there making it well worth a trip at least once.

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