Listening Bars / Tokyo

Listening Bars & Vinyl Cafes in Tokyo, Japan

16 spots where buying and listening happen in the same room.

• Bonjour Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Daikanyama select shop combining a record corner with apparel, photography books and coffee; reviewers describe it as a genuine record shop mixed with alternative-branded clothing, run within the Sarugakucho fashion block.

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• City Country City

  Open 11am–1am today

  Pasta cafe-bar and used-record shop in Shimokitazawa run by Keiichi Sogabe, selling analog dance records sourced from overseas buying trips several times a year.

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• Darumaya

  Open 12pm–8pm today

  Ikebukuro used-record and CD shop with an in-house craft beer bar; 30 years in mail order and 26 as a physical storefront, with a recent jazz emphasis.

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• Dessinee Shop

  Open Hours not listed

  Record-and-cafe shop in Uguisudani-cho, Shibuya-ku, dealing used and vintage vinyl sourced internationally alongside apparel; new releases, reprints, Western, Japanese and independent-label titles.

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• Echo Records

  Open 1pm–9pm today

  Psychedelic-themed used record bar near Jimbocho/Suidobashi, spanning pre-war blues and jazz through 1960s-70s psychedelic rock, with a drinks counter and house speakers for in-store listening.

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• FUNTIME

  Open 2pm–8pm today

  Old rock and punk record/CD specialist in Ochanomizu covering 1960s-to-present Western rock (Rolling Stones, Ramones etc), also selling band T-shirts and hoodies.

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• Jazz Kissa Eigakan

  Open 3pm–11:30am today

  Roughly 50-year-old jazz kissa in Hakusan founded by former film director Yoshida-san, playing over 2,500 jazz records on a legendary hand-built horn-speaker sound system; being preserved via the Tokyo Jazz Joints documentation project.

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• Kissa Seikatsu

  Open 10am–10pm today

  Compact self-roast coffee kissa in Higashi-Koenji since 1998; the owner built a jazz vinyl collection over the years and plays it on the shop's sound system alongside coffee served in wine glasses.

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• Kissako

  Open 12pm–6pm today

  Small alleyway kissa in Jinbocho on the site of legendary former jazz cafes Mozart and Rihaku, with shelves of records and CDs playing over large speakers alongside coffee and cheesecake.

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• KOTOBUKI Bar&Record Store

  Open 12pm–12am today

  Late-night bar and used-record shop in Shimokitazawa, a few minutes from the Keio Inokashira line, open until 3am on weeknights.

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• Óleo

  Open 6pm–12am today

  Mezcal-and-tacos bar in Shimokitazawa with a serious sound system and used records for sale spanning soul, funk, disco, hip hop/R&B and world music.

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• POOL SIDE

  Open 12pm–8pm today

  Urban-resort-style record and fashion shop in Sendagaya combining used vinyl across jazz, soul, funk, disco and rock with secondhand clothing. Closed Wednesdays.

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• SUB Store Tokyo

  Open 3pm–12am today

  Records-and-used-book cafe near Koenji station serving Indonesian food and drinks alongside secondhand vinyl; hosts live events.

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• studio mule

  Open Hours not listed

  Record shop and drinks bar in Shibuya's Kamiyama-cho run by the Mule Musiq label -- irregular closed days, check socials for hours.

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• Taiyorecord & Delicatessen

  Open 2pm–6pm today

  Curated CD and record shop near Kagurazaka specializing in Brazilian, Argentine and other Latin/world music, relocated to Akagishita-cho in May 2022 with an attached coffee stand. Closed Wed, Sun and holidays.

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• Upstairs Records & Bar

  Open 9pm–1am today

  Shimokitazawa record-bar concept: curated rare-groove vinyl for sale in a late-night drinking space.

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