Dance Clubs? (Where people actually dance?)

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Hello all,

I failed miserably at going to a club the last time I was in Japan. I searched and got soaked trying but never actually finding a couple of different clubs. The third one, which I did find, had recently shut down.

I intend to go again in July and am hoping to get a recommendation or two for clubs. I was warned by someone though that some clubs work very differently in Japan as compared to the United States. I tend to be more comfortable in clubs where people dance a lot, but I hear that a lot of clubs are more social gathering places where people hang out and talk. I'm wondering if there are any recommendations for places where a lot of dancing goes on.

I like listening to industrial, hip hop, rap, and 80s pop, or any Japanese-language music would also be fun. I will be staying in Tokyo and Kyoto .

Relatedly, any punk live music venues would also be a lot of fun, if anyone has any particular recommendations.

Thanks very much for any help!
 
I've heard that dancing after 12/1am is illegal, based on an arcaic post-war law.

Anyone know much about this?
 
Ewok85 said:
I've heard that dancing after 12/1am is illegal, based on an arcaic post-war law.

Anyone know much about this?
It is, but the promoters do some sort of whammy magic that shuts down the club for a bit, then re-opens after 1:30 / 2:00 or so... I forget how it works...

One story I read involved the cops comming out to shut down the party and the promoters asked if telling ghost stories was okay, so, they told ghost stories to confused club goers and gradually turned the sound back up.
 
I had a think about it, if it were say, a private party, I think it would be OK ;) "Hey... its err, that guys birthday party!"
 
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