Meikyoku Kissa Lion
Shibuya, Tokyo
Meikyoku Kissa Lion is a classical-music listening cafe on Dogenzaka, founded in 1926 and rebuilt to the same design in 1950, with seats arranged like a theatre facing 3-metre wooden speakers. Talking is kept to whispers and photography is banned.
Insider tip
Order in a whisper, put your phone away and just listen. The menu is basically coffee, tea and lemonade.
What's on near Meikyoku Kissa Lion
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Meikyoku Kissa Lion, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Shibuya Kagoshima Ohara Matsuri
渋谷・鹿児島おはら祭
Time Parade about 12:00 to 17:00 on Dogenzaka and Bunkamura-dori (2026)
Kagoshima's ohara-bushi dance comes to Shibuya's main streets for a day, with about 60 dance groups and 2,300 dancers in 2026.
SHIBUYA WINTER ILLUMINATION
SHIBUYA WINTER ILLUMINATION
Time 17:00 to 23:00
Winter lights from Hachiko Square across the Scramble Crossing and up Dogenzaka, lit every evening from late November to the end of February. The 2026 dates aren't announced yet.
Shuta Hasunuma 20th anniversary album jacket exhibition
蓮沼執太 活動20周年記念アルバムジャケット展「てんてんてん」
Time 11:00 to 21:00 (last day until 18:00) Station Shibuya, 5 min walk
Album jacket works from Shuta Hasunuma's 20-year career arranged in chronological order in one space, with music playing throughout.
Syced, CC0 1.0 Pottery of Saga and Nagasaki: A Stroll Through Edo-Period Hizen
めぐってたのしい 佐賀・長崎のやきもの展
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (Fri and Sat until 20:00), closed Mon and Tue except Oct 12, Nov 3 and Nov 23 Station Shinsen (Keio Inokashira Line), 10 min walk
About 80 Edo-period porcelain pieces from the Arita, Okawachi, Itanokawachi, Shida, Hasami and Mikawachi kiln areas in two rooms.
Enjoying a Tour: Saga and Nagasaki Ceramics
めぐってたのしい 佐賀・長崎のやきもの展
Time 10:00 to 17:00, last entry 16:30, Fridays and Saturdays to 20:00 Station Shinsen (Keio Inokashira Line), 10 min walk
About 80 Edo-period porcelain pieces from six kiln areas, Arita, Okawachi, Itanokawachi, Shida, Hasami and Mikawachi. One gallery covers Arita and the other covers its five neighbours. The museum is closed Mondays and Tuesdays, with a few exceptions.
Smaller local events nearby
Shibuya Green Night Line and Shibuya Hashigozake Festival
On now, until 31 Dec · Various locations in Shibuya
A walkable night-time programme in Shibuya combining a bar-hopping event and lighting.
Free · Map · Source: ARTE TOKYO (Tokyo Metropolitan Government) · SHIBUYA GREEN NIGHT LINE+第2回渋谷はしご酒
Shibuya Center-gai Happy Winter illumination Illumination
1 Dec to 6 Jan (dates to be confirmed) · Shibuya Center-gai, Udagawacho
Shibuya Center-gai's winter street illumination, on by the start of December and kept up until the first week of January.
Free entry · Map · Source: Shibuya City News (Shibuya City), 1 Dec 2025 illumination issue · 渋谷センター街 Happy Winter
Live music nearby
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Around Shibuya
The crossing is just the cover page
Everyone does the Scramble, and you should too, once. But Shibuya's real personality lives in the smaller streets. It's in Nonbei Yokocho's two-storey bars pressed against the train tracks, the climb up to the rooftop views, and the walk down towards Daikanyama as the noise fades behind you.
Shibuya has 14 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 4 shops, 2 viewpoints, 2 bars, 2 cafes, 2 restaurants, 1 landmark and 1 bathhouse. Read the Shibuya guide.
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