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Kayokyoku Bar Spotlight Shimbashi; Bring the Spotlight Back to When We Were Young

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By Yurika Akazawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

16:40 JST, July 28, 2025

As the voice of popular J-pop singer Momoe Yamaguchi plays in the bar, customers with glasses in their hands hum along and sway their shoulders to the music. At Kayokyoku Bar Spotlight Shimbashi in Tokyo’s Shimbashi district, visitors can listen to Showa-era songs from the ’70s and ’80s on vinyl, an...

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