Best Radio Stations in Tokyo

A curated best-of from Tokyo's airwaves, spanning late-night city pop, NHK's morning talk, deep house from the capital's club scene, and vaporwave dispatches that feel pulled from a Shibuya side street. These are the stations we'd hand a first-time visitor — the full Tokyo catalog is yours to keep exploring once you've settled in.

12 live stations

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Stations

12

Box - Japan City Pop 日本のシティポップ

JP

The definitive late-night city pop stream — 70s and 80s Tokyo urban sound, hand-curated, no DJ chatter, no ads.

NHK World Japan Radio

JP

NHK's flagship international service from Shibuya — the public-radio voice of Japan, anchoring morning news and cultural programming.

Moon Mission

App only

JP

DJ Ken Sekiguchi's deep house and techno label-radio — a real cut of Tokyo's after-hours club circuit.

Nightwave Plaza Radio

JP

Vaporwave and future funk on a loop — the dreamy neon-lit aesthetic Tokyo gave the genre, beamed back at the city.

Ottava オッターヴァ

JP

Japan's only dedicated classical internet station — refined, DJ-led programming that feels at home in a quiet Aoyama café.

Vocaloid Radio

App only

JP

Fan-run Vocaloid radio that's been broadcasting since 2012 — pure capital-of-the-internet Tokyo culture.

Asia Dream Radio - Jazz Sakura ジャズ

App only

JP

A J-jazz channel pulling from Showa-era big bands through contemporary Tokyo lounges — sophisticated and very local.

Tactac

App only

JP

Akishima-based local talk and J-Pop, with news on the 45 — the closest thing here to a neighborhood Tokyo morning station.

Future Groove FM

App only

JP

Tokyo-based 24/7 dance station threading house, trance and techno mixes from DJs around the globe.

Radio Eigekai Indies TYO

JP

A Tokyo indie label-radio championing independent Japanese and international electronic artists you won't hear on the majors.

AFN 360 Tokyo

JP

AFN's English-language stream out of Yokota Air Base — a long-running fixture of greater Tokyo's radio dial.

JPopsuki Radio

App only

JP

Long-running international community station for Japanese music — J-Pop, J-Rock and electronic across a 15,000-track library.

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