I don't know an official starting date of Karaoke, but guess it's been more than 40 years since it became popular among normal people in Japan.
I heard that a Karaoke machine was invented by the guy in the below picture; however, he didn't register a patent for his invention. If this is a true story, it means he lost enormous amount of royalties, which have been supposed to come from Karaoke.
As far as I know, Karaoke was originally used at bar.
I remember having paid around US$2 per song at the time. Yes, it was not cheap.
I think a room style called Karaoke box is more popular these days in Japan. The charges for Karaoke box are generally more reasonable than one charged at bar.
There many people sing Karaoke without drinking alcohol. Even small children go there and sing anime songs, for example.
Some Karaoke box has unique interior decoration. The below Karaoke box is using Evangelion, which is popular Japanese anime.
Recently new style of Karaoke box has come out, which is just for alone.
It seems a purpose of Karaoke changes from party to more concentrating on own song.
Japanese seem to really like singing a song, and Karaoke would further evolve.
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