「111」 Music Bar sits above the Japanese restaurant Haru in Copacabana. The room takes its cues from Japanese listening bars, with low light, vinyl-led selections and music treated as the main event rather than the restaurant soundtrack leaking upstairs.
Curator Danny Dee runs long nightly programmes through jazz, soul, R&B and Japanese city pop. The system was a substantial investment, though the venue has not published the speaker, amplifier or turntable models. Volume changes with the night, making the room more social than a strict Tokyo listening bar while keeping the selections in front.
The bar asks guests to respect the atmosphere and the people sharing it. This is a place for a full evening of records, drinks and Japanese food, with enough conversation to feel like Rio and enough listening discipline to justify the name.