Their HMV records store has free live music.

For the most part, you can't take pictures in stores, let alone take videos.  However, in a crowd as dense as this one was, we got away with it.





We've also passed by some street musicians in Shinjuku, but I found out that there's been a push to bring street performers into public stage houses.  When we touring Akihabara, we came across this place:

Dear Stage is a venue where up-and-coming singers perform before they become professional.  It affords people an opportunity to hear new talent, take pictures and autographs with them, and have a few drinks while you're at it.  I'm not suggesting this is an uncommon idea.  We have these everywhere in the states, but the ones I've seen have always been for bands and fringe groups.  This is for young female j-pop idols.  Or at least wannabe idols.  Now there's a niche that was wisely filed.