There are currently about 17 record shops in the Shibuya area. All genres such as Hip Hop, Rock, Metal, Rockabilly, Soul, House and Modern Jazz and genre the Japanese refer to as "Black Music". Back Trip Records - Brad Whitford - Tom Hamilton - Aerosmith Looks like Bon Jovi works here part time Blind Faith - A shop full of bootlegs and they appear to be doing a very good business. They even sell T-shirts with bootleg LP cover art, hanging there is a Stones "Welcome to NY" design. Nat Records / Record and CD Warehouse - Barn Homes Records - Vinyl Japan - Walking into this shop I had high hopes since it was pretty big, well stocked and had good online reviews. It didn't take me long to figure out that just about everything in this store was not from Japan. It would appear the owner shops for his records overseas especially in America where his strong yen goes very far. The problem is, I am not shopping for super expensive American or UK pressings that I can get for much much less in America.

I looked, I left. It could be that Vinyl Part 2 has better stuff. 206,900 yen, that is $2069. Nice record, with the poster and 7" A Ska and Reggae shop. Then there were these shops: All in the same building the 1st two on the 3rd floor, the Perfect Circle on the 5th floor.Hal was a really nice guy. The Perfect Circle - All Beatles Then you know, you're just walking around Shinjuku and you see shops like these: ...and of course Disk Union has a big presence in Shinjuku just on the other side of the JR Line railroad tracks. They have 6 different shops all in the same neighborhood each one specializing in either a format or a genre. You can see by their stock that they also have buyers in the UK and America spending those strong yens and shipping those collectible records to Japan where they put a big price tag on them. If you look long enough there are a few bargains to be had here at Disk Union though. They have a flyer with a map of all the Disk Union Shinjuku area shops

14,700 yen, that is $190. Nice looking LP, original obie too A Disk Union store with nothing but Prog Rock Punk and Metal location Garden Shed CD - Progressive Rock Ned's Records - Noise Dub Store Record Mart - Reggae, BlackT Shirt Packaging Supplies Sawadee Shop - ThaiSecond Hand Rims And Tyres For Sale Singapore Raw Power - RockPlastic Container With Handle And Lid Remember, don't smoke while you walk down the street or the smoking police will write you a ticket. But it's OK to ride your bike on the sidewalks. and then there was this kid, I call him "Fucked Up Shinjuku Hipster D-Bag Guy". Very stylish with his Louis Vuitton belt and what not. Shoten - This shop is pretty cool, they have lots of 300 yen LP's out front to lure you in, most do not have the obies.

Inside you will find a decent selection and prices that are fair. Very helpful staff, one younger kid clerk did speak English. Coconuts Disk - Nice shop, all genres, I just didn't find much here of interest to me, the prices were a bit on the high side. Worth a look for sure. They have another location in Tokyo as well. Disk Union - Great location and they have a Book Union there on the same 4th floor as the music. Friendly staff and all genres. This one was a little hard to find. Find the shop and take the tiny elevator up to the 4th floor. Rubbergard Records - Closed on Wednesdays and guess what, I was there on Wednesday. It seems there are several small record shops in Tokyo that are closed on Wednesdays. Walking around you never know what you might bump into... Just a random small shop with cheap records for sale... Tony Records - Jazz Root Records - Jazz, Vocal Ams Record Shop - AOR Idea Classic - Classical Disk Union - There are 5 different Disk Union stores in this area.

All walking distance and also walking distance from the Jimbocho area. There is one location that has the following: 2F Hard Rock, 3F Death/Black/Gothic Metal, 4F Hard Rock/Heavy Metal. There is a Jazz store, and Classical store which in Japan they refer to as "Classic". There is a Soul, Rare Groove/Indie Soul shop, but my favorite Disk Union location was the main store,it has plenty of room inside to maneuver and a real good selection of Rock, Metal, Punk and just about everything else on vinyl. I also found some decent prices here. They also have a Book Union shop inside. Birds Nest - Jazz, Classical You can also go to any of the many flea markets in the Tokyo area, there are a bunch of them. Typically they are on Sundays, some are also on Saturdays. Some only once a month. Check online for a schedule. Some of the online flea market schedules are all in Japanese, so good luck with that. I found some cool Japanese pressings at a flea market for as low as 100 yen. To give you an idea of how serious the Japanese are about record collecting, they publish at least 3 different monthly publications relating to record collecting.

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