1. Start times — most of the scene begins around sunset
Of the 2,736 events whose listing stated a start time (90.2% of the sample), the most common slot is 7pm–8pm at 27.6%. Events starting between noon and 8pm account for 61.2%, while everything from 8pm through the early morning makes up 37.4%. Only 1.9% begin after midnight.
A 1.9% after-midnight share says the centre of gravity is not the all-night megaclub. It is the bar-sized room you can reach straight from work.
2. Weekdays — half the week is a weeknight
Saturday is the busiest single day at 20.4%, but Monday through Thursday together account for 48.1%. Rather than clustering on the weekend, the scene runs most nights of the week.
3. Where — Shibuya, and then everywhere else
Area breakdown for the 2,936 events (96.8%) whose venue we could place. SHIBUYA leads at 42.8%, followed by AKIHABARA at 11.4%.
4. What kind of room
Character tags extracted from the listings themselves (2,963 events, 97.7%, carry at least one tag). An event can carry several tags, so the column does not sum to 100%.
| Tag | Events | Share |
|---|---|---|
| shibuya | 1006 | 34.0% |
| late-night | 672 | 22.7% |
| weekday | 509 | 17.2% |
| community | 353 | 11.9% |
| intimate | 347 | 11.7% |
| dj-bar | 312 | 10.5% |
| daytime | 307 | 10.4% |
| bar | 305 | 10.3% |
| akihabara | 292 | 9.9% |
| all-night | 250 | 8.4% |
| casual | 224 | 7.6% |
| early-evening | 208 | 7.0% |
| club | 200 | 6.7% |
| live | 199 | 6.7% |
| underground | 198 | 6.7% |
5. Genres
Breakdown of the 1,486 events (49.0%) that stated a genre. Since only about half do, read this as the mix among promoters who name a genre, not as Tokyo's genre mix overall.
| Genre | Events | Share |
|---|---|---|
| anison | 269 | 18.1% |
| house | 239 | 16.1% |
| hip-hop | 235 | 15.8% |
| electronic | 164 | 11.0% |
| techno | 141 | 9.5% |
| pop | 113 | 7.6% |
| rock | 104 | 7.0% |
| j-pop | 102 | 6.9% |
| idol | 81 | 5.5% |
| experimental | 77 | 5.2% |
| disco | 71 | 4.8% |
| vocaloid | 67 | 4.5% |
Method, and what these numbers cannot say
The sample is every Tokyo DJ event listing djeventsearch.com collected in months that have fully closed (May 2026 – October 2026: 3,033 events across 64 venues). The current month and future months contain only already-announced events, which would skew both the weekday and start-time distributions, so they are excluded.
Collection routes break down as follows.
| Route | Events | Share |
|---|---|---|
| x_home_timeline | 2706 | 89.2% |
| official | 319 | 10.5% |
| submitted | 8 | 0.3% |
The limits, stated plainly:
- This is not a census. Venue X accounts are the main collection route, so venues that do not post there — and closed parties — are absent.
- Only 90.2% of listings state a start time. If listings that omit the time skew systematically later, the distribution above skews early.
- Only 96.8% of events could be placed on a map. We count only venues we could resolve.
- Genre and character tags are extracted automatically from listing text. The vocabulary drifts. Treat them as direction, not taxonomy.
Figures are recomputed on every build; the values above are as of 2026-11-06.
Citing this
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"What time do Tokyo's DJ events actually start?" djeventsearch.com, 2026-11-06. https://djeventsearch.com/en/research/tokyo-club-timing/
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