Record Store Day in Hiroshima, 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 Hiroshima, Japan
Independent record shops open in Hiroshima, 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.
- DISK SHOP MISERY
Punk and hardcore specialist since 1993, run by BLOODSUCKer Records' founder. Stocks Japanese and international punk/hardcore vinyl, CDs and tapes, and runs its own label.
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- DUMB RECORDS
Punk-specialist import record shop fused with a cafe bar in Mikawacho, stocking roughly 1,000 pop-punk, Ramones-style and melodic-punk CDs and vinyl alongside curry and drinks. Open since 2005.
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- Groovin' Record Station
Analog-only sister store to Groovin's Honten CD shop, a short walk away in Kyobashicho, with roughly 20,000 used LPs and 15,000 singles across rock, jazz, Japanese music, classical and dance genres.
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- MIZO
Cafe and record shop near Hiroshima University's Higashi-Senda campus, serving coffee and alcohol alongside new and used vinyl across all genres; also buys records, CDs and tapes.
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- Ooshio Records
Used-record and Showa-era memorabilia shop in Kabe with a browsable floor of boxed LPs plus old posters, magazines, and reel-to-reel tape; also runs a prefecture-wide house-call buying service and travels to record fairs. Not buy-only -- confirmed retail storefront.
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- STEREO RECORDS
Analog-only record shop in Nakamachi selling new, used and rare vinyl across all genres since 2005, restocking 1,000+ titles monthly and shipping worldwide.
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- tanz music records
Club-music specialist in Yagenbori stocking hip-hop, R&B, house, techno, drum'n'bass, jazz and rock vinyl, known for a deep selection of overseas import pressings.
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- Tower Records Hiroshima
Hiroshima branch of the Tower Records Japan chain, on the 9th floor of Parco's new building in central Hiroshima.
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See the full record store listing for Hiroshima, Japan.