Documenting a vanishing world of Japanese jazz culture
Sadly, Noise in Machida closed its doors in May 2019.
It is a reminder that time is ticking fast to capture these hidden gems of jazz - many of which have been there for decades: before they disappear forever from the Japanese landscape.
This was, and continues to be, Tokyo Jazz Joints' raison d'etre.
Tokyo Jazz Joints
Collaborative Japanese jazz documentary photography project by Philip Arneill & James Catchpole, begun in Tokyo in March 2015.
