Record Store Day in Naha, 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 Naha, Japan
Independent record shops open in Naha, 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.
- BON VOYAGE
Small Makishi used-record shop stocking roughly 300 LPs, EPs and CDs leaning indie pop, rock, alternative, jazz, hip-hop, world and reggae, plus a limited selection of new vinyl; relocated and reopened here May 3 2025.
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- Good Music Records
Curated used-vinyl shop inside Asato's Sakaemachi Market focused on soul, jazz, reggae, hip-hop, pop and R&B, with in-store listening stations and DJ staff recommendations; open Wed, Fri-Sun.
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- Music Punch RECORDS
Maejima used-CD-and-record shop buying and selling all genres of Western and Japanese music; open Mon, Wed, Fri-Sat only, closed Thu/Sun/holidays; RSD Japan participant.
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- RC Uza Shoten
Tsuboya pottery-district used-record shop stocking garage punk, rockabilly, ska/reggae, soul/funk, R&B and Japanese rock/pop on LP, 7-inch and CD from the 1950s-2020s; RSD Japan participant; irregular closures.
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- Takara Record Shop, Records Division
Records division of Takara Record Shop, a Kokusai-dori music retailer founded in 1949, specializing in Okinawan shimauta and folk-song vinyl 7-inch singles alongside rock, jazz and classical stock; closed Thursdays.
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- Tower Records Naha
Naha branch of the Tower Records Japan chain, on the 7th floor of the Palette Kumoji building in central Naha.
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- vida loca
Yorimiya Mexican cafe/diner run by a club DJ and a reggae-artist manager, selling a curated ~700-item used black-music LP/12-inch/7-inch collection with listening stations alongside food, DJ nights and rotating local-artist art shows.
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See the full record store listing for Naha, Japan.