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Tokyo Music Evening Yube is a series of classical concerts that TokyoTokyo Music Music Evening Evening Yube Yube is is a aseries series of of classical classical concerts concerts that that take place at the open-air Global Ring stage every Wednesday taketake place place at at the the open-air open-air Global Global Ring Ring stage stage every every Wednesday Wednesday from 7pm and 8.30pm. After catching a performance at Global fromfrom 7pm 7pm and and 8.30pm. 8.30pm. After After catching catching a aperformance performance at at Global Global Ring, use this guide to explore the Toshima area’s nightlife. Ring,Ring, use use this this guide guide to to explore explore the the Toshima Toshima area’s area’s nightlife. nightlife. Address for Global Ring: 1-8-26 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima AddressAddress for for Global Global Ring: Ring: 1-8-26 1-8-26 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima Toshima Check Instagram for more details: @yube_music CheckCheck Instagram Instagram for for more more details: details: @yube_music @yube_music

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Tokyo Music Evening Yube is a series of classical concerts that TokyoTokyo MusicMusic EveningEvening YubeYube isis aa seriesseries ofof classicalclassical concertsconcerts thatthat take place at the open-air Global Ring stage every Wednesday taketake placeplace atat thethe open-airopen-air GlobalGlobal RingRing stagestage everyevery WednesdayWednesday from 7pm and 8.30pm. After catching a performance at Global fromfrom 7pm7pm andand 8.30pm.8.30pm. AfterAfter catchingcatching aa performanceperformance atat GlobalGlobal Ring, use this guide to explore the Toshima area’s nightlife. Ring,Ring, useuse thisthis guideguide toto exploreexplore thethe ToshimaToshima area’sarea’s nightlife.nightlife. Address for Global Ring: 1-8-26 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima AddressAddress forfor GlobalGlobal Ring:Ring: 1-8-261-8-26 Nishi-Ikebukuro,Nishi-Ikebukuro, ToshimaToshima Check Instagram for more details: @yube_music CheckCheck InstagramInstagram forfor moremore details:details: @yube_music@yube_music

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