Record Store Day in Fukuoka, Japan
Two dates to know: Record Store Day Black Friday is Friday, November 29, 2026, and the next main Record Store Day is Saturday, April 17, 2027.
What is Record Store Day?
Record Store Day is an annual event built around independent record stores. The main event traditionally lands on the third Saturday of April each year; Record Store Day Black Friday is traditionally held the day after US Thanksgiving. Both days bring exclusive, limited-run vinyl and CD releases sold only at participating independent shops — not big-box retailers, and not mail order until the in-store exclusives sell through. Because pressings are limited, popular titles can sell out within the first hour, which is why a line-early culture has grown up around the day even at shops that are otherwise quiet on a weekday morning.
Tips for the day
- Arrive early. At busy shops, lines for popular titles can start well before opening.
- Bring cash. A cash line often moves faster than card on a shop's highest-volume day of the year.
- Check each shop's own site or Instagram in the week before the date — participating shops post their own opening time, line policy, and which exclusive titles they've ordered in.
- Release lists are first-come, first-served and vary store to store. A title in stock at one shop may not show up at another, even across town.
- Expect one-per-customer or per-household limits on the most in-demand titles.
- Not every independent record store participates every year, and allocations vary shop to shop — confirm directly with the shop rather than assuming based on a past year.
Shops to check in Fukuoka, Japan
Independent record shops open in Fukuoka, Japan right now. We don't yet track which specific shops participate in Record Store Day or what they've ordered in for a given year — check each shop's own site or Instagram close to the date for their exclusive-release list, opening time, and line policy.
- Border Line Records Fukuoka
Fukuoka branch of Border Line Records, open since 1983 in Daimyo with roughly 10,000 used LPs and 8,000 CDs across all genres. A longtime Kyushu fixture and Record Store Day Japan participant.
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- Face Records Fukuoka
Kyushu's first Face Records location, opened April 2025 in Tenjin's ONE FUKUOKA building. Part of a nationwide used-vinyl specialist chain, stocking 10,000+ secondhand titles plus new releases.
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- Groovin' Records Fukuoka
Fukuoka branch of the Groovin' used CD/record chain in Akasaka, stocking rock and Japanese-pressing vinyl across a range of price points alongside a strong jazz selection.
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- HMV&BOOKS HAKATA
HMV&BOOKS HAKATA on the 6th floor of Hakata Marui, directly connected to Hakata Station -- record sales area expanded to roughly 5,000 records in stock, alongside books, CDs, DVDs and goods.
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- Living Stereo Music Bar & Record Store
Record-lined bar and shop in Yakuin pairing vinyl sales with vintage JBL speakers and a McIntosh amp. Spins soul, jazz, rock and city pop for late-night listening alongside drinks; relocated here in late 2021.
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- Taguchi Shoten KEYAKI
Kyushu's oldest used-record specialist, trading since 1969 in Akasaka. Stock spans enka, rock, jazz and classical vinyl and CDs, plus Showa-era retro goods; also runs a prefecture-wide outcall buying service.
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- Ticro Market
New and used record shop in Daimyo with 16,000+ titles spanning jazz, soul, rock, hip-hop and club music, curated from a DJ's ear. English-speaking staff and worldwide shipping draw visiting DJs from Japan and abroad.
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- Tower Records Amu Plaza Hakata
Regular Tower Records branch on the 7th floor of JR Hakata City (Amu Plaza Hakata), directly by Hakata station.
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- Tower Records Fukuoka Parco
Regular Tower Records branch on the 6th floor of Fukuoka Parco, directly connected to Tenjin subway station.
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See the full record store listing for Fukuoka, Japan.