With the gradual extinction of the old Japanese yose vaudeville theaters in the postwar era, regular venues for enjoying hogaku have become hard to find.
Hogaku teachers and associations hold student recitals once a year or so, usually with free admission, since the students pay a fee to appear. Ambitious performers, singly or in small groups, might hire a hall for a one-shot event. Suitable halls are scarce, though, and tend to be expensive, so organizers of such events are lucky to clear their expenses. In any case, these recitals are poorly publicized, and one usually has to be already on the mailing list to find out about them.
One of the real harbingers of hogaku's improved fortunes, then, has been the opening of several venues intended specifically to provide Japanese traditional music with a regular home.