Two Weeks In Tokyo Record Shops, Instrument Stores, Listening Bars, and Everything I Brought Back
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Two weeks, one Pelican Case, and way too many shops to ever see them all in one trip. This is a walkthrough of the Tokyo record stores, instrument shops, and listening bars I hit on this trip — plus a full review of the guitar I disassembled and stuffed in my luggage.
Update 9/1/26 - Here are links to Google Maps for places I've saved in Tokyo. I've not been to them all yet and these are running lists for me to track to see how many I can hit in each visit.
Record Stores - https://maps.app.goo.gl/uzcaEvUWdeqSg...
Listening Bars - https://maps.app.goo.gl/TVEQBKvXhWFoG...
Instrument Shops - https://maps.app.goo.gl/RfcC5dfmMYb9g...
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Record Stores & Cassettes
Disk Union — Shimokitazawa, Shinjuku, and Ochanomizu locations
Lighthouse Records Ochanomizu
Flash Disc Ranch Shimokitazawa
NAT Records Shimokitazawa
Oddtape (Shibuya) — cassette specialists
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Instrument Shops
2nd Street Instruments (Shimokitazawa)
TC Gakki (Shin-Okubo)
G Club (Shibuya)
Guitar Planet (Ochanomizu)
Ishibashi Gakki (Ochanomizu)
Shimokura Second Hand (Ochanomizu)
Vintage Strings (Ochanomizu)
Five G Music Technology (Harajuku)
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Listening Bars
Blue on Velvet Koenji
Music Bar 45 Shibuya - https://linktr.ee/musicbar45
Ginza Music Bar Ginza
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⏱️ Timestamps
0:00 – Intro
0:32 – Ochanomizu Scouting
04:05 - Ochanomizu Tryouts
07:51 - Shimokitazawa
10:34 - Shibuya Guitar Shopping
11:52 - Koenji Listening Bar
13:00 - Shibuya Cassettes and Listening Bar
17:44 - Shinjuku CD Complex
19:31 - Shin-Okubo Guitar Store
21:01 - Ginza
21:54 - Hirajuku Synth Mecca
23:29 - Guitar Review
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Instagram - The Dirt Boys
instagram.com/dirtboysmaine
Facebook - The Dirt Boys
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Kreiver Zhou
Instagram - Instagram: kreiverzhou
YouTube - kreiverzhou
DJ Nepaux Baby
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Carnavacation
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YouTube @carnavacation5224
Home Recording | Songwriting | Live Music | DIY | Music Stores of the World
#Tokyo #RecordStores #Greco #ListeningBar #Ochanomizu #Shimokitazawa
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Two Weeks In Tokyo Record Shops, Instrument Stores, Listening Bars, and Everything I Brought Back
Late Style
50,539 views
Two weeks, one Pelican Case, and way too many shops to ever see them all in one trip. This is a walkthrough of the Tokyo record stores, instrument shops, and listening bars I hit on this trip — plus a full review of the guitar I disassembled and stuffed in my luggage.
Update 9/1/26 - Here are links to Google Maps for places I've saved in Tokyo. I've not been to them all yet and these are running lists for me to track to see how many I can hit in each visit.
Record Stores - https://maps.app.goo.gl/uzcaEvUWdeqSg...
Listening Bars - https://maps.app.goo.gl/TVEQBKvXhWFoG...
Instrument Shops - https://maps.app.goo.gl/RfcC5dfmMYb9g...
_________________________________________________
Record Stores & Cassettes
Disk Union — Shimokitazawa, Shinjuku, and Ochanomizu locations
Lighthouse Records Ochanomizu
Flash Disc Ranch Shimokitazawa
NAT Records Shimokitazawa
Oddtape (Shibuya) — cassette specialists
_________________________________________________
Instrument Shops
2nd Street Instruments (Shimokitazawa)
TC Gakki (Shin-Okubo)
G Club (Shibuya)
Guitar Planet (Ochanomizu)
Ishibashi Gakki (Ochanomizu)
Shimokura Second Hand (Ochanomizu)
Vintage Strings (Ochanomizu)
Five G Music Technology (Harajuku)
_________________________________________________
Listening Bars
Blue on Velvet Koenji
Music Bar 45 Shibuya - https://linktr.ee/musicbar45
Ginza Music Bar Ginza
_________________________________________________
⏱️ Timestamps
0:00 – Intro
0:32 – Ochanomizu Scouting
04:05 - Ochanomizu Tryouts
07:51 - Shimokitazawa
10:34 - Shibuya Guitar Shopping
11:52 - Koenji Listening Bar
13:00 - Shibuya Cassettes and Listening Bar
17:44 - Shinjuku CD Complex
19:31 - Shin-Okubo Guitar Store
21:01 - Ginza
21:54 - Hirajuku Synth Mecca
23:29 - Guitar Review
🎸 Follow the music:
Bandcamp - The Dirt Boys
thedirtboys.bandcamp.com
Instagram - The Dirt Boys
instagram.com/dirtboysmaine
Facebook - The Dirt Boys
facebook.com/thedirtboysband
Kreiver Zhou
Instagram - Instagram: kreiverzhou
YouTube - kreiverzhou
DJ Nepaux Baby
Instagram: nepauxbaby
Carnavacation
Web https://www.carnavacation.com/
YouTube @carnavacation5224
Home Recording | Songwriting | Live Music | DIY | Music Stores of the World
#Tokyo #RecordStores #Greco #ListeningBar #Ochanomizu #Shimokitazawa
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