TOKYO JAZZ JOINTS

Philip Arneill & James Catchpole

An Irishman and American walk into a bar...Two obsessed foreigners share the stories behind their pseudo-religious pilgrimage around the unique beauty of Japan's hidden world of jazz bars and coffee houses, documented on www.tokyojazzjoints.com and in the Tokyo Jazz Joints photobook published in 2023.

  1. STILL Standing Men! [Live from Pithecanthropus]

    31/12/2025

    STILL Standing Men! [Live from Pithecanthropus]

    *TW: Intense ASMR-style chewing at the beginning of the episode* A milestone that no one expected to see! Least of all us… We finally reach the 100th episode of the podcast, and where else to mark the occasion than the project’s spiritual home, Kamata’s inimitable Chokuritsu Enjin (Pithecanthropus Erectus).

    28 min
  2. Back in Black

    24/12/2025

    Back in Black

    A double tap on the new and improved Incus and the usual chasm of James’s pop culture knowledge, followed by a few old and familiar friends, as our May 2025 adventures come to an end.

    46 min
  3. Ryukyu Rhythms

    20/12/2025

    Ryukyu Rhythms

    Philip's map-reading skills desert him before an awkward intro at Eagle. We also discuss two incredible Okinawa joints as the project finally expands to the fifth of Japan's major islands.

    48 min
  4. NOT a tourist attraction

    07/12/2025

    NOT a tourist attraction

    Mostly talk about bananas, with a jazz kissa soundtrack.

    1 h y 4 min
  5. Another Bricks in The Wall b/w The Bird Has Flown

    23/11/2025

    Another Bricks in The Wall b/w The Bird Has Flown

    In Episode 96, after a subterranean trip to Japan's bubble-economy yeatrs, we survive our very own Squid Game on the way to see an old friend – and all the mixed emotions that stirs up.

    45 min
  6. One mug, and adult hot chocolate in a cup (not mug)

    08/11/2025

    One mug, and adult hot chocolate in a cup (not mug)

    Good stories told badly as we take bickering to the level of an Olympic sport, and get deep into the true nature of crockery with the truly ying and yang of Kyoto jazz joints.

    46 min
  7. Third Egg of the Day Drives Coltrane Away

    25/10/2025

    Third Egg of the Day Drives Coltrane Away

    We are California dreamin’ on this episode until Philip’s ideal world is shattered by some devastating breaking news. Was it merely a mirage?

    56 min
  8. Double-Edged Coin

    12/10/2025

    Double-Edged Coin

    James continues to offend people with mixed metaphors and cultural pitfalls before we end up whiling the evening away in an absolute gem of a spot to cap a long first day back in Osaka.

    49 min
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An Irishman and American walk into a bar...Two obsessed foreigners share the stories behind their pseudo-religious pilgrimage around the unique beauty of Japan's hidden world of jazz bars and coffee houses, documented on www.tokyojazzjoints.com and in the Tokyo Jazz Joints photobook published in 2023.

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  • Creador
    Philip Arneill & James Catchpole
  • Años de actividad
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodios
    101
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