If you¡¯re in a foreign band trying to plan a tour in Japan, you sometimes need to improvise when it comes to booking venues. That may be why you¡¯re more likely to find Australian six-piece The Lagerphones at a cozy cafe than a grimy Shibuya live house.
This New Orleans-style jazz act from Melbourne once played an impromptu performance inside a train car, but their go-to stop in Tokyo is a kissaten (traditional coffee shop) called Lawn in Yotsuya.
Vaughan Allison, who has lived in Japan for around 10 years and is the band¡¯s manager, says he¡¯d been asking Lawn¡¯s owner about hosting a music night there for a while.
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