Box - Japan City Pop 日本のシティポップ
JP
Hand-curated, ad-free city pop from 1970s–80s Tokyo and its modern revival — the definitive entry point to Japan's most exported sound.
Japan Radio Online — Top Live Stations
A hand-picked shortlist of the Japanese stations worth pressing play on first — city pop sundowners from Tokyo, vocaloid deep cuts, anime and J-rock channels, and real local FMs from Setagaya to the Shonan coast. The full Japan catalog runs deeper; these are the openers, chosen for the texture they give a listener tuning in from anywhere.
12 live stations
7 browser-playable stations
Listen in Prismatic FM
Open this collection in the app for the full experience — music-reactive visualizers for every station.
Stations
12
Vocaloid Radio
App onlyJP
Fan-run since 2012, the go-to stream for vocaloid culture — a subgenre that exists almost nowhere else on the dial.
LISTEN.moe - JPop
JP
Sapporo-based LISTEN.moe is the most recognized international-facing J-Pop and anime stream, with a fiercely loyal global audience.
Shonan Beach FM 78.9 湘南ビーチFM
JP
Zushi's 78.9 MHz coastal FM — Shonan jazz, Hawaiian, and beach-town life on air, an authentic regional voice.
FM Kahoku 78.7 FMかほく
App onlyJP
Genuine Ishikawa community FM at 78.7 MHz — local news, weather, and Hokuriku flavor that no online-only station can fake.
R/a/dio
JP
Osaka's request-driven web radio for anime, game, and doujin music — the city's anchor in the otaku audio scene.
FM Setagaya 83.4 FM世田谷
JP
Real Tokyo neighborhood FM from Setagaya at 83.4 MHz — ward news, talk, and music with the cadence of daily life in the capital.
Radio Shiga
App onlyJP
Shiga-based multilingual web radio mixing jazz, bossa, and cultural programming — a quieter, cosmopolitan corner of Japan on air.
Asia Dream Radio - J-Club HipHop
JP
Round-the-clock J-hip-hop and R&B — the cleanest window into Japan's rap underground for non-Japanese listeners.
Asia Dream Radio - J-Rock Powerplay
JP
A dedicated J-Rock channel running new and classic Japanese guitar music — the missing piece in most overseas rotations.
Future Groove FM
App onlyJP
Tokyo's 24-hour dance music stream — house, techno, and trance mixes that connect the city to the global club circuit.
JPopsuki Radio
App onlyJP
Longstanding community-driven station spanning J-Pop, rock, and electronic — a 15,000-track library curated by Japanese-music obsessives.