Tokyo '88 - Global City Pop in SF

03/08/2025

Unfortunately we have been struck by bad luck once again, and the venue where we were booked to do our tribute to Miho Nakayama, is shutting down a week before our Saturday event.

So as of now, Tokyo '88, is officially homeless and on hiatus. Please stay tuned and keep an eye on this page, We'll definitely post updates if and when we have any to share.

(I am considering switching it up to a livestream event, but it's been many years since I've done a stream, so I need to relearn everything about it. I also just lost my job, so yeah things have been better. ~ Josh )

01/15/2025

Big news everyone!

TOKYO '88 HAS A NEW HOME!

As of April 26th, we'll be hosting the party at Swig on Geary, a few blocks from Union Square. Swig is a really nice and swanky space that will fit perfectly with the City Pop vibes! Hope to see you there!

11/16/2024

Setlist for November! This was our seventh event, thank you everyone who came out and supported! We will be taking a break in December for some Holiday travelling, but will be back strong in January!

Sleepless-Nights / TerraGenesis - Call Me
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Shadows on the Ground
Akiko Yano - Umi to Shonen OutTake_10
Nave Ascensor - No Importa Nada (feat. Sofía Stainer)
Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti - Ginga
Cory Wong - Coming Back Around (feat. Cody Fry)
Toshiki Kadomatsu - Take You To The Sky High
Midas Hutch - In Touch (feat. DAUL)
Disco Bahía - Juntos
KIM A REUM - Line
Amber Mark - Lose My Cool (Franc Moody Remix)
Carte de Sejour - Rhorhomanie
The Free Music & Najib Alhoush - Law Yom Saalak Had
Kenta Dedachi - Step By Step
Voilaaa - Manu écoute ça... (feat. Pat Kalla)
Yoshimi Iwasaki - Tsuki no Hamabe
Petr Kotvald - Gejzír
L'Avenue - Body Rock
Los Wálters - Chíbiribiri
Kiki Gyan - Keep on Dancing
Sheila Majid - Sinaran (Rakaman Terbaru Di Jepun)
Aya Nakano - 19, 20
久宝 留理子 - Sayonara
Mami Ayukawa - Fuyu no Carnival
Chris Rea - On the Beach
Junichi Inagaki - Special Thanks
Riko Tanaka) - Moonlight Densetsu (Short ver.)
Night Tempo & RA MU - Aoyama Killer Story (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)
Priscilla Chan - 鐵心人
Michael Medrano & Funk Leblanc - Do Your Thing, Babe!
Himiko Kikuchi - Get Hot!
Seals & Crofts - Flyin'
Konk - Your Life (Broken Embraces Mix)
Hamid El Shari - R**t
YATTE & Duett - Dark and Silver Rain
Plastical People - Moverás tus pies
NAKAMURA YUMA - One Way to the Dream
Akiko Ikuina - Mugiwara de Dance
Yasuko Kuwata - Sayonara No Ai
Ippudo - China Step
ZOO - Carnival
Jungle Fire - Firewalker
Voilaaa - Vampires (feat. Hawa & Fouley Badiaga)
Yung Bae - Magic
Ai Furihata - パープルアイシャドウ
Nazia Hassan - Disco Deewane
Anri - DANCE WITH NOSTALGIA
Juckreiz - Zeck-zoff, trouble en masse (feat. Marion Sprawe)
Hiromi Iwasaki - Hoshi Ni Negai O
三浦大知 - Open Your Heart
Herbie Hancock - Paradise
Los Amigos Invisibles - Sueño Erótico
Kanako Wada - SUNDAY BRUNCH
S.Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe - Asphalt Lady
Shigeru Suzuki - Phoenix
Hatsumi Shibata - A Woman in a Man's World
Ahmed Fakroun - Love Words
Basia - New Day for You
Queen Sea Big Shark - 今夜留给今夜吧
Phum Viphurit - Lover Boy
Mami Ayukawa - Plastic Night
Rainbow note - Memories of Summer
Yasuha - Fly-day Chinatown
MIEL & Bardo José - EME
Masako Iwanaga - Kamen -GET MY WAY- (TV Size Version)
LIHA - BLEU MOON
Sandra de Sá - Terra Azul
Juanpalitoschinos - Siente el ritmo
Masanori Ikeda - Night Of Summer Side
Fumina Hisamatsu - Alive
Donna Song - Still in me (feat. Hye Eun Son)
Dreams Come True - Tsugino Seno! De - ON THE GREEN HILL - (DCT VERSION)
Rainych - Blinding Lights (Japanese Version)
Droid Bishop - Higher
Altin Gün - Goca Dünya
Casiopea - Down Upbeat
Chico Mann - Dilo Como Yo (Te Están Llamando)
I Coccodrilli - Che sera
Duett - Sugar
Masayoshi Takanaka - Sweet Agnes
Midnight Generation - È La Mia Donna
Phùng Khánh Linh - căn gác mùa hè (sweet summer)
Shambara - Aquarium
TWRP - Grand Prix
Prep - Don't Bring Me Down
Yumi Matsutoya - Temptation of the Starry Sky / Hoshi Zora No Yuwaku
Kahoru Kohiruimaki - City Hunter-Ai Yo Kienaide
Mawatari Matsuko - Hohoemi no Bakudan
Tatsuro Yamash*ta - Let's Kiss The Sun
Tatsuhiko Yamamoto - Sunrise Highway
Peter Allen - Bi-Coastal
Kaori Sakagami - Itsumo Itsumo(Crazy Lover)
KATSUMi - 危険な女神 Re-Mix
Modogsta - Do That Dance
Cory Wong - Call Me Wild (feat. dodie)
Parvati Khan - Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja (From "Disco Dancer")
Lee-Loo Memorial (RIP 2005 - 2024):
Shonen Knife - Catnip Dream
Mebae Miyahara - Milky Cat
Minako Yoshida - Cat
Sayuri Kokushou - Big Cat

11/15/2024

Tonight! We've got a whole new DJ rig upgrade for our DJ's birthday, so expect to hear a really poppin' set!

10/19/2024

Setlist for last night's special Halloween flavored East-Asian City Pop / etc event at Tokyo '88!

Shazna - Das Spiel
Pierrot - Finale
P-MODEL - Atom Siberia
Kokushoku Elegy - Sun's Eye
Indo Neko - Shirome Ha Ku Ji Tsu
Auto-Mod - Third Enemy
Buck-Tick - Stranger's Night
Der Zibet - Lonely Dance
Blood Pact - Haunting
SUCCUBUS - Incubus
Tat Ming Pair - Crack
Dou Wei - Black Dream
Soft Ballet - Black Ice
Backspace - Flamingo Bridge
D'erlanger - LA VIE EN ROSE
Munimuni - VELVET魅惑TONIGHT
Re-TROS - TV Show (Hang The Police)
L'Arc-en-Ciel - Round and Round
Ichirou Mizuki - Devilman Theme (original)
Pink Lady - Kiss In The Dark
Shigeru Suzuki - Bad Dream
Mari Mizutani - Scorching Document
Juri Hamada - Blue Fireworks
Wink - Immoral Scenario
Yuya Tegoshi - Wink
Purple Kiss - Love Is Dead
f(x) - Dracula
Akina Nakamori - Marionette
Eriko Tamura - Nice Rain
Akemi Ishii - L'amant
Youki Kudoh - Galaxy Etranger
Shizuka Kudo - Very Small Promotion
Shambara - On The Earth
Kangaroo - Nightmare (Nuclear Song)
Minako Yoshida - Setting Sun (Reflection)
Friends Of Earth - Lunar Gloom
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Limbo
SANDII - Idol Age
Yumi Matsutoya - I'll Teach You How to Mend a Broken Love
Yuko Kanai - Running Rabbit
Mayo Shono - Fugitive
Meiko Nakahara - Actress in The Mirror
Yoko Oginome - Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)
ZELDA - Endless Line
Jun Togawa - Insect Army
Kyosuke Himuro - Black-List
Fence of Defense - Sara
Yoko Takahashi - The Cruel Angel's Thesis (Request)
Fantastic Circus - Down Code
Siam Shade - A City That Never Ends
Laputa - Lost Child
DIR EN GREY - I’ll
Angelo - Urge
Pierrot - Mad Sky -Koutetunomesia-
Profondo Delle Tenebre - Dance of Illusions
Pride Of Mind - The Flower Bloom In Future
Soft Ballet - Body to Body
Plasticzooms - The Worm
Slot Machine - Know Your Enemy
Kensuke Ushio - Devilman No Uta
Camlann - False Consciousness
Dreamcatcher - Scream
Phantom Siita - Magical Girl
≠ME - Chocolate Melancholy
Kenji Kawaii - The HEartbeat of the Demon (Vampire Princess Miyu End theme)
Yoshida Brothers - Cool Spiral
Anna Vissi - Ase Tous Erotes
Tomoko Aran - Je t'aime...
Megumi Hayashibara - Touch and Go!!
YUKIKA - Moonset
Yasuko Kuwata - Tears of a Mirage
Ippu-Do - Moon Mirage
Masumi Hara - Your Dream
Miharu Koshi - Scandal Night
Lareine - Butterfly Flower
Luna Sea - In Silence
Sa Dingding - All Things Are Born
Sandii & The Sunsetz - Illusion
Miki Matsubara - Escape
Kaoru Akimoto - Moonlit Night
Masayoshi Takanaka - Cry Baby Cry
Momoko Kikuchi - Night Cruising

10/16/2024

We're still looking for guest DJ's! We don't care if you have tons of experience, or if this is even your first time DJing. We just want to give the opportunity to our fellow City Pop fans!

Drop us a PM if you are interested!

Send a message to learn more

09/30/2024

Join us in October for a fun night where we'll be featuring some Halloween inspired sounds. Darker New Wave, Post-Punk, Synthpop, etc. (W/ a hint of the 90s Visual-Kei sound!) from East-Asian artists, along with our usual City Pop offerings. We may have a guest DJ, but that is currently TBD.

09/20/2024

Tonight is the next installment of Tokyo '88 - Global City Pop Every 3rd Friday! Hope to see some of you there!? We've been having such a great turn out month after month. The buzz is just getting stronger!

09/05/2024

DJing again this Saturday at Bella Trattoria, Italian cuisine. This time I'm going to spin a slightly different mix. same, world-centric, chill/laid back vibe. But going to explore more regions, including some of my beloved East Asian artists. And much more of that yummy Italo-Disco. I only hinted at that sound last weekend!

Bella Trattoria - 8PM - 11PM
3848-3854 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94118

08/28/2024

Setlist for the 4th Tokyo '88 - Global City Pop! Another super busy night! August 2024.

Atlas - Simpatia
Midas Hutch - The High
Atsuko Nina - Two People
Patterns - Viento
Hiradai - Ride The Waves
Dat 378 Boy, Hine Māori - Untouchable
Tyrone Brunson - Sticky Situation
Marcos Valle - Estrelar
Yu Hayami - Passion
Mami Ayukawa - Kaze no No Reply
Yumi Matsutoya - Pearl Earrings
Meiko Nakahara - Actress in The Mirror
Jorge Ben Jor - Lady Benedicta
Human Lemonade - I don't mind
Nana - jelly
Duett - Dark and Silver Rain (feat. Yatte)
Gaki Ranger - Cheers (feat.sequick)
KIRIN - Vacay
Muzie - I Can't Hide It
KIM A REUM - Summer days
D2ear - Summer Night
Lance Ferguson - Brazilian Rhyme
La Garfield - Luna de Plata
Robson Jorge, Lincoln Olivetti - Ginga
Sandra De Sá - Preciso Urgentemente Falar Com Cassiano
Nu Genea - Marechià
Javiera Parra, Humboldt - Tu Isla
Los Amigos Invisibles - Sueño Erótico
Yasuhiro Abe - TIGHT UP!
Cosmos - Midnight Shuffle
Tatsuro Yamash*ta - Sparkle
Toshiki Kadomatsu - Off Shore
Kahoru Kohiruimaki - Love Don’t Disappear (City Hunter OST)
Mayo Shono - Cheers in Monte Carlo
Junko Ohashi - Man & Woman
RA MU - Tokyo Yabanjin
Ken Hirai - Maze For Two
Anri - Miss You, Miss Me
Akina Nakamori - Adventure
Yuko Kanai - Mayamaya Beach
Hiromi Iwasaki - Just Like Me
Yurie Kokubu - Refrain
YUKIKA - Cherries Jubiles
Jun Matsue - cheng shi zhi ye de cuo
BehindtheMoon, The Hills - How Is Your Day
Bronze - Touch (with Jue)
Hikari - Plastic Love
Miki Matsubara - Stay With Me
W***y Calderon - Midnight Jokes (feat. Karol Posadas)
Tipa Tipo - Sangre Fría (Como un Sueño)
Surfistas Del Sistema - Embrujo
Sofía Stainer - Enamorados
9MUSES - Figaro
Julia Wu -This Is R&B
NEKO Highway - Jumping Cat
GAOFUNK - Bolt of Lightning
Pink Lady - Kiss In The Dark
Evening Cinema - Neon Sign
LaLa Hsu - Currently Fuboumai Yokiman
Yung Bae - Suede
Macross 82-99 - Perfect Blue
ZEBRA 93 - Místico Mezcal
Alex Anwandter - Locura
Epoch - The Lemegeton Bop
JADOES - Stardust Night
Ronnie Laws - In The Groove
Mezzoforte - Spring Fever
Shakatak - Down on the Street
Luis Miguel - Suave
Omega Tribe - Asphalt Lady
Altin Gün - Goca Dünya
Zohra - Badala Zamana
Nazia Hassan - Boom Boom (Part 2)
Tatsuro Yamash*ta - Blow
Kaoru Akimoto - Moonlit Night
Hi-Fi Set - Starry Midnight
Seaside Lovers - Lover’s Paradise
Makoto Matsush*ta - Love Was Really Gone