Record Store Day in Hamamatsu, 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 Hamamatsu, Japan
Independent record shops open in Hamamatsu, 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.
- Abbey Road Hamamatsu
Used CD/record specialist in Uematsucho with 30+ years trading, deep in 60s-70s Western rock. Point-card program, seasonal discount sales, and in-store live sets from local bands. Closed Tuesdays.
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- HMVイオンモール浜松市野
HMV branch on the 2nd floor of Aeon Mall Hamamatsu Ichino. Yahoo Maps categorizes it as a CD/DVD/video/record shop, alongside general J-POP/Western new releases, film and kids/enka sections.
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- mutant store oomalama
Import indie shop in Hamamatsu's Southern Cross shopping street, south of the station -- the 2023 relocation/rename of longtime import specialist sone records. Focus on current overseas indie rock, shoegaze, dream pop, post-punk, synth/dark wave and electronica.
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- Otokichi Premium Hamamatsu Miyatake
Otaku-specialist used media shop in Miyatake-cho buying and selling rare/deleted CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and records -- especially 80s-90s idol and anime titles. Part of the Otokichi Premium chain; this branch explicitly stocks vinyl records alongside disc formats.
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- Record no Uchiyama
Vinyl specialist in Terajima-cho focused on Western music from the 1960s golden era onward. Owner's own site notes 11 years at the current storefront (moved there around 2014-2015).
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- SOUL CLAP
Hamamatsu's black-music specialist since 1999, importing US-original soul/funk/rare-groove LPs and 7-inches roughly six times a year plus hip-hop/R&B/disco 12-inches. High buyback prices for black-music genres; also runs an online store.
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- Tournez La Page
Listening-focused jazz cafe near Hamamatsu Station built around German horn speakers and the owner's collection of roughly 5,000 vinyl jazz records. A silent 'listening section' sits apart from a conversation area; hand-drip coffee, Basque cheesecake. Closed Mon-Tue.
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See the full record store listing for Hamamatsu, Japan.