Record Store Day in Nagoya, 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 Nagoya, Japan
Independent record shops open in Nagoya, 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.
- Banana Record
Nagoya-born used-record and CD chain's Osu flagship store, buying and selling secondhand vinyl across all genres in the heart of the Osu shopping district.
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- Disk Union
Disk Union's first Tokai-region store, opened October 2021 near Sakae Station, stocking roughly 50,000 new and used CDs and records across all genres, including about 20,000 vinyl titles.
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- Face Records Nagoya
The Tokai region's first permanent Face Records store, opened April 2024 on the 2nd floor of the Chunichi Building in Sakae; part of the new/used vinyl chain known for its crate-digger's stock and regular in-store buybacks.
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- File-Under Records
Osu-district shop specializing in new vinyl, including its own independent label alongside international indie rock, punk and experimental releases; a mainstay of Nagoya's Osu record-shopping strip.
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- Greatest Hits
One of the longest-running record shops in Nagoya's Osu district, dealing 60s-80s rock, soul, jazz, rare groove, Brazilian and reggae vinyl with obi plus DJ-oriented stock, CDs, cassettes, and DJ gear buy/sell.
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- HMV栄
HMV branch on B1F of Sakae NOVA, connected directly to the Sakaechika underground mall (exit 7) -- an official Record Store Day Japan participating store, confirming active vinyl sales, plus its own page advertises in-store CD/record buyback.
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- Pigeon Records
Dance-music specialist near Yabacho Station selling new and used house, techno and rare-groove vinyl, curated by resident buyer and local DJ Hattori; open essentially year-round.
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- Radio Days Records
Used record and CD shop in Nagoya's Shin-Sakae neighborhood, buying and selling rock, jazz, roots and lounge vinyl via in-store, mail-in and house-call purchasing.
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- Tower Records mini LaLaport Nagoya Minato Aqullus
Smaller-footprint 'Tower Records mini' branch on the 3rd floor of LaLaport Nagoya Minato Aqullus, near Minato-ku Yakusho station.
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- Tower Records Nagoya Parco
Regular Tower Records branch on the 6th floor of Parco's east building in Sakae, connected to Yaba-cho station.
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- Tower Records Odaka
Regular Tower Records branch on the 3rd floor of Aeon Mall Odaka, in Nagoya's Midori-ku.
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See the full record store listing for Nagoya, Japan.