Someday
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Someday
Big basement room for great jazz nightly
〒111-0042 東京都台東区寿3-19-2 シュロス浅草 B1
1-34-8 Schroth Asakusa B1 Kotobuki Taitou-Ku Tokyo Japan 〒111-0042
someday@someday.net
070-6986-0822
03-3359-6777
Tawaramachi Station (Ginza Line), Kuramae Station (Oedo Line), Kuramae Station (Asakusa Line)
The easiest way is to check the club map, which is in English and Japanese both. You could also walk from Asakusa Station on the Ginza Line. The sign is easy to find on the main street once you get close. It’s less than a five-minute walk from each of the above stations.
2,800 yen up to 4,500 for big bands plus one drink and one food order. Two sets at 7:45 and 9:10. There’s a slight discount on most shows for foreign tourists with a passport. Don’t forget to ask.
http://someday.net/english/english-index.html
https://www.jazzinjapan.com/clubs-and-venues/someday
https://www.instagram.com/jazz_someday_tokyo/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063893594261
Someday has moved several times in the past decade, from Shin-Okubo to Kagurazaka to Shinbashi to Shinjuku and this year (2025) to Asakusa. The place has hardly changed, though. The owner, sound engineer, cook, manager and "master" Mori-san has found a good home at last. Certainly, this newest space is a bit more intimate, but it’s a good, relaxed space with even better sound. It is an easy walk from the nightlife in Asakusa, down a large street in a quieter area a block or two away from the hubbub and near many hotels.
Since Mori-san was once upon a time a sound engineer, the speakers sound superb. He has them set up well and the acoustics of this newest club are just as good as before. I always try to sit in the middle of the club, just a bit back from the stage, for the ultimate sweet spot in the sound, but closer seats are more fun to watch the band.
Someday's stage can easily hold a twenty-piece band, whether modern, Latin, or straight-ahead jazz. That stage size alone makes it a unique place, and even more so for the annual big band festival held at Someday over two weeks every spring. Master Mori-san has always had a special fondness for big bands, but the festival is a chance to hear them on successive nights. Most weeks have at least one big band, though, and several of the bands reform themselves from other groups just to play at Someday.
Mori-san also likes to book blues, steel-pan, and hard bop bands as well. He’s picky, so the bands are good, with some of the best players in Tokyo coming through on a regular basis. It can be quiet on weeknights, but for the best bands, the club is packed and the music swings hard. Most of the groups who perform there have a straight-ahead feel, but on other nights, the bands experiment with different configurations, styles, and approaches—hard bop one night, free jazz the next, and guitar trios, Latin. Whoever’s playing, it’s never a scene, and you can get into the music without the over-cool club vibe some places strive for. It’s all about the music. The musicians jam through lengthy, solid sets. The space seems to invite them to really stretch out.
You can hear and see well from any seat in the place. Food is basic, hearty, and satisfying--pizza, fried potatoes, salads, and fried rice, along with the usual nibbles. Drinks are reasonably priced, though don't hesitate to wave your hand when you get thirsty to drag over one of the wait staff. The master has a fair bit of English on his website, too. The vibe is very much directed towards the music, and players and listeners take their music seriously here.
