Record Store Day in Osaka, 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 Osaka, Japan
Independent record shops open in Osaka, 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.
- AFRO JUICE
Used-vinyl and 45s specialist in Kitahorie focused on soul/jazz/rare groove plus hip-hop and dance classics on LP and 12-inch.
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- Alffo Records
Record shop with a bar counter and DJ booth in Shinmachi, near Shinsaibashi, selling new and used vinyl. Weekend DJ events give it a live-house/club feel alongside food and drink.
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- BAMBOO MUSIC
Used-record shop in Bansei-cho, Kita-ku, specializing in jazz, soul and funk/disco.
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- Banana Record BLUE YARD
Second Banana Record branch in Umeda, inside the Blue Note-operated BLUE YARD complex at Inogate Osaka; roughly 4,000 used records with a jazz lean. Opened July 2024.
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- Banana Record Osaka Umeda
Umeda branch of the Banana Record chain, in the Umesendo building near Osaka Station; used vinyl across genres.
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- BASURA MUZIK
Vinyl shop and listening space opened June 2025 in Bakuro-machi with a professional d&b audiotechnik / Mackie sound system; irregular days beyond the posted schedule, check Instagram/DM.
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- Blue Soul Records
Used record shop in Minamisenba specializing in Black music - soul, funk, jazz, Latin, rap and hip hop original vinyl. Visited by touring DJs including DJ Shadow, Madlib, and Egon.
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- Books Channel
Yao branch of a nationwide used-book buyback chain, trading inside Miyako Shoten, that also buys and sells used LPs alongside books, manga, CDs, DVDs and games.
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- Bourgeon Records
Recently opened (July 2025) used-record shop on the 2nd floor of a Nishi-Shinsaibashi building in the Amerika-mura cluster; evening hours on weekdays, extended hours weekends and holidays.
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- C-Station
Used-CD specialist trading since 1987 above the JR Senrioka Super Maruyas store in Settsu, with 100,000+ items including used CDs, records, 8cm singles, VHS and cassettes; strong in AOR, jazz and fusion.
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- CARIB RECORDS
Vintage-reggae specialist near Namba sourcing original Jamaican pressings, used vinyl.
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- Carnival Record
Used-record shop in the basement of Osaka Ekimae Dai-3 Building near Umeda station, specializing in jazz, soul and oldies/old-rock; shorter hours Sundays/holidays.
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- Chicotan Records
Used-record shop in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, southeastern Osaka; kayokyoku/J-pop, jazz, oldies/old-rock and rock/pop/indie.
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- COCOLOBland Record Shop
Small used-record corner inside the COCOLO lifestyle store in Shinmachi; mood-driven hip-hop/R&B and reggae/ska selection, 100% used. Closed Wednesdays plus 2-3 irregular days monthly.
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- COMPUFUNK RECORDS
Dance-music record shop, bar and small club space near Kitahama; techno, house, electro, minimal, bass and ambient vinyl. Closed Mondays.
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- Disk Union Osaka
Osaka branch of Japan's Disk Union chain, near Umeda; roughly 70,000 new and used vinyl and CDs across genres, plus a buy counter.
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- Disk Union Osaka Classic Hall
Disk Union's classical-specialist department in the same ACT III building as the main Osaka store, with its own phone line and blog -- distinct department from the existing all-genre Disk Union Osaka listing.
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- Douraku Records
Used record, VHS, CD and DVD shop with a coffee-and-chill lounge in Naniwa Ward's Motomachi. Successor to "Nipponbashi Douraku"; relocated here June 2023 from its original Nihonbashi storefront and still hosts DJ nights.
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- DRELLA RECORD
Used-vinyl shop in Shinmachi specializing in oldies/old-rock, progressive rock and punk/hardcore.
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- Drum&Bass Records
Used-record shop in Sakuragawa, Naniwa-ku, specializing in reggae/ska despite the drum-and-bass name.
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- EBBTIDE RECORDS
Used-vinyl soul, hip-hop/R&B and reggae/ska specialist in the Restructure Nishi-Shinsaibashi building; nominally closed Thursdays but usually open daily -- check the online shop for exceptions.
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- Especial Records
Record shop in Minamisenba owned by Yoshihiro Okino of Kyoto Jazz Massive, specializing in crossover jazz and electronic styles - broken beat, house, beat down, hip hop, nu soul - in new, reissue, and used vinyl plus CDs.
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- FLAKE RECORDS
Mostly-new-vinyl shop in Horie/Yotsubashi focused on indie rock, alternative and singer-songwriter releases, with Japanese indie/rock/pop a specialty and handwritten staff comment cards on the racks.
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- FOREVER RECORDS
Used-vinyl shop near Namba specializing in new wave, progressive rock, Krautrock and noise/experimental music -- roughly 80% analog stock, emphasis on hard-to-find items.
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- FunTricks Records
Used-record shop in Toyosaki, Kita-ku, opened June 2020.
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- Grill&Records Kitchen P-nuts
DJ-owned burger joint near JR Sojiji Station in Ibaraki that doubles as a record shop, with vinyl on display throughout and Sound Bomb Records upstairs; known locally for its SoZiZi burger.
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- Grind Records
Drum & bass vinyl and CD specialist near Amerika-mura that also runs a radio station and production studio. Accepts orders for same-day shipping.
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- Groovenut Records
Amerika-mura used record shop opened in 2010 by a former VINYL7 Records buyer, specializing in rare and out-of-print soul, funk, jazz, disco, hip hop and Latin sourced mainly from the US. Mail order with audio previews.
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- Hanky Panky Record
Used-record shop on Shinsaibashi-suji specializing in 1960s-70s Western music -- jazz, soul and oldies/old-rock.
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- Hawaii Record
Long-running used record shop in Nakatsu, known for city pop and Japanese 'wamono' selections alongside R&B/hip-hop roots; relocated locally in 2025 via a community fundraiser after 23 years.
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- HMV record shop 心斎橋
Dedicated HMV record shop sub-brand (vinyl-only, not the general HMV&BOOKS store) -- Kansai's first, relocated March 2026 to B1F of the O.M. Hotel Nikko Bldg. Roughly 50,000 new and used records, one of the largest selections in Kansai, with a listening space.
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- HMV&BOOKS NAMBA
HMV&BOOKS NAMBA, the chain's flagship Namba store on the 7th floor of Namba Marui (opened April 2026). HMV's own shop-guide article specifically cites analog records of Studio Ghibli titles among its stock, alongside books, CDs, DVDs and goods.
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- HMVグランフロント大阪
HMV's Kansai flagship-format branch on the 5th floor of Grand Front Osaka's North Building, directly connected to JR Osaka Station. Yahoo Maps categorizes it as a CD/DVD/video/record shop.
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- ISANDLA
Used-record shop in Bakuro-machi specializing in soul, funk/disco and hip-hop/R&B; closed Tuesdays.
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- Jazz Records Seeed
Used-jazz specialty shop in Umeda's Doyama-cho since 2002, covering mainstream US jazz, Euro jazz, Japanese jazz, Brazilian and world music. All in-store stock is available for listening; daily online updates and mail order.
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- King Kong
Landmark Amerika-mura record shop established 1979 in the Big Step building; sells and buys new and used vinyl across genres from Japanese to Western music.
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- Kinkys
Showa-era collectibles shop above an udon restaurant in Neyagawa, mixing Kamen Rider and pro baseball cards, sofubi figures and toys with a dedicated used-record section, including a 50-yen LP bin.
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- LIGHTHOUSE
Jazz-specialist used-record shop in the Nihonbashi Denki building, part of the Nihonbashi/Den Den Town record cluster; relocated to this address in January 2017.
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- MARADONA RECORDS
Used-record shop in Tanimachi, Chuo-ku.
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- Maru ka Batsu Horie
Used-only record shop in Kitahorie, relocated from an original Nihonbashi location; 15+ years running. Single floor stocking 7,000+ records spanning rock to kayokyoku, plus used CDs and videos; buys from single items up.
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- Merry Nice
Used-record shop in the Nihonbashi/Den Den Town cluster specializing in kayokyoku/J-pop.
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- Minotake Shoten
Used bookstore two minutes from Kawachi-Kosaka Station in Higashi-Osaka that also buys and sells CDs and records, with mobile buying trips across the wider Kinki region for larger collections.
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- Mint Record Nihonbashi
Used record and CD buy/sell shop near Ebisucho Station in Nihonbashi, part of a two-store Osaka chain (with a Namba branch). All-genre stock of about 50,000 items across CDs, records and DVDs, noted for its singles selection.
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- Mint Records (Namba)
Head store of the Mint Record chain in Namba Sennichimae -- distinct address from the chain's Nihonbashi branch; used kayokyoku/J-pop, classical, soul and oldies/old-rock. Closed the third Wednesday monthly.
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- Morpho Records
Used-vinyl specialist in the Restructure Nishi-Shinsaibashi building focused on city pop, soul, funk/disco and hip-hop/R&B; closed Wednesdays and alternate Thursdays.
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- Music Man
Used-record shop in Kamiyama-cho, Kita-ku.
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- MY RECORD
All-genre used-record shop in Nakatsu, the same shopping-street area as the long-running Hawaii Record, carrying rock, jazz, soul, techno, punk, reggae, Latin, folk, prog, blues, oldies and metal on vinyl, CD and cassette. Closed Sundays.
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- naminohana records
Used-record shop in Tanimachi (former Araragi site) specializing in funk/disco, hip-hop/R&B and club/dance vinyl; closed Sundays.
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- Nettaiya
Used records/CDs alongside books, clothing and general goods, on the 3rd floor west of the Nagai building in Tenjinbashi. Closed Wednesdays.
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- Newtone Records
Import-analog specialist in Nishi-Shinsaibashi carrying 8,000+ 12-inch records - house, disco, techno, electronic, jazz and world - with over 90% new/weekly-changing stock, liner notes, and in-store listening.
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- OLD HAT GEAR
Used-vinyl soul and oldies/old-rock specialist in the Restructure Nishi-Shinsaibashi East annex, part of the dense multi-shop cluster of small record dealers in that building.
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- PANPOT RECORDS
Used-record shop in Minamisenba specializing in jazz, soul, oldies/old-rock and reggae/ska; closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
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- Plantation
Amerika-mura used-record shop specializing in Asian, African and world music alongside reggae/ska and Latin/Brazilian vinyl, CDs and cassettes. In the Restructure Nishi-Shinsaibashi building alongside several other genre specialists.
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- PO'BOY RECORDS
Used-record shop above the Kissa/Bar Harmony cafe in Tanimachi, specializing in American roots music -- blues, old-time, bluegrass and folk/singer-songwriter. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
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- Punk and Destroy
Small record and CD store in Amerika-mura specializing in domestic and international underground punk, post-punk and hardcore. Buys used punk/rock records and CDs; ships mail order overseas.
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- Punk and Destroy (Taki Bldg)
Second Nishi-Shinsaibashi location of Punk and Destroy (part2), a few doors from its original Nippo Mitsutsuji Kaikan storefront; used punk and hardcore vinyl and CDs.
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- RARE
Used-record shop in Kujo, Nishi-ku.
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- Rare Groove
Used record shop in Shinsaibashi's Amerika-mura since December 2007 under the concept "Re-discover the music," turning non-dance records into DJ-friendly finds. In-store listening and English support for overseas buyers.
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- Record One
Used-record shop in the Nihonbashi/Den Den Town cluster; kayokyoku/J-pop, jazz, soul and oldies/old-rock, also trades via Yahoo Auctions.
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- Record Shop Naka (Branch 2)
Used-record shop near Namba, the second branch of the Record Shop Naka name; kayokyoku/J-pop, jazz and oldies/old-rock. Closed the third Wednesday monthly.
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- Redbone Records
Used record shop near Shinsaibashi Station open since 2002, focused on 1970s American rock, AOR, West Coast rock, country, swamp, and new wave, with all-genre buying.
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- Revelation Time
Second-hand record shop in Minamisenba (Shinsaibashi) specializing in leftfield disco, reggae, house, techno, Japanese, world, and Latin music. Over 2,000 items also listed on Discogs, priced roughly 10% below online.
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- Revenge Records
Underground punk and metal record/CD shop in Minamihorie run by "Jacky," welcoming overseas mail orders. Active on Instagram and Facebook.
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- Rock Stakk Records
Used/import metal specialist tucked on the 2nd floor of the Hankyu Higashi building in Umeda. Racks of CDs, vinyl, DVDs and VHS alongside patches, shirts and zines; runs a linked label tied to Osaka's thrash/underground scene since the mid-2000s.
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- Root Down Records
Used-vinyl shop in Nishi-Shinsaibashi specializing in Black Music - soul, funk, jazz, disco, reggae, Latin and hip hop - from standard to rare pressings, plus new hip-hop/R&B/house releases and reissues. Ships internationally via its own webshop.
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- RUBIC RECORDS
All-genre used-vinyl shop near Nihonbashi with a jazz, soul and R&B lean and careful genre organization across black music, funk and rock. Closed Monday-Wednesday.
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- s.a.music
Heavy metal specialist near Namba/Nihonbashi ('Metalya S.A.MUSIC'), selling new and used metal vinyl and Japanese indie CDs plus band merch; also buys used CDs/DVDs.
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- SAKURA RECORDS
Used-record shop in Nishi-Shinsaibashi, open including holidays.
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- Smile Record (Kamiyama-cho)
Used-record shop near Umeda specializing in jazz and classical; closed 11am-7pm on Sundays/holidays and the 2nd/3rd Mondays.
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- Smile Record (Tsuruhashi)
Tsuruhashi-honmichi branch of the Smile Record chain (a second, separate branch is already listed in Kita-ku); used kayokyoku/J-pop, classical and jazz.
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- Sound Bomb Records
Weekend-only used-record shop on the 2nd floor above Kitchen P-nuts in Ibaraki, specializing in soul and funk/disco vinyl.
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- Sound Pack (Namba)
Used record, CD and DVD specialist near Namba/Nipponbashi with roughly 45,000 records and 40,000 CDs in stock; buys and sells across genres.
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- Sound Pack (Nipponbashi)
Sakaisuji branch of Sound Pack, the Namba-area used record and CD specialist; buys and sells vinyl and CDs across genres.
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- Sound Pack Nihonbashi
Used CD and record buy/sell shop one block from Nihonbashi's Otaroad, stocking roughly 6,000 records and 12,000 CDs with a specialty in 70s-80s rock. 30+ years in the Nihonbashi district.
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- STRAIGHT RECORDS
Used-record shop in Kamiyama-cho, Kita-ku, specializing in classical, jazz and Latin/Brazilian vinyl.
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- The MELODY
Used-record shop in Higashi-Shinsaibashi, on the 2nd floor of the Miharu building; open until 9pm Sundays and holidays.
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- Time Bomb Records
Record shop in Nishi-ku running since 1990, spanning 1950s to present rock and roll, soul, punk and pop with rare imports, reissues, and used vinyl/CDs, plus nationwide mail order.
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- Tototo Records
Record shop on Tenjinbashi-suji shopping street selling used records, CDs, music merch, and clothing across rock, pop, Japanese music, jazz, and soul. Offers in-store and mail-in buyback; hosts a "Record Holiday" flea market.
3 sources
- Tower Records Abeno Hoop
Regular Tower Records branch on the 6th floor of Abeno Hoop, near Tennoji/Abeno stations.
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- Tower Records Ario Yao
Regular Tower Records branch on the 3rd floor of the Ario Yao mall; Yao is one of this dataset's tracked Osaka-metro cities.
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- Tower Records mini Morinomiya Q's Mall
Smaller-footprint 'Tower Records mini' branch on the 1st floor of Morinomiya Q's Mall BASE, by Morinomiya station.
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- Tower Records Namba Parks
Regular Tower Records branch on the 4th floor of the Namba Parks shopping complex, near Nankai Namba station.
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- Tower Records Umeda NU Chayamachi
Tower Records' largest store in western Japan (~426 sqm, ~200,000 titles), on the 6th floor of NU Chayamachi near Hankyu Umeda station.
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- TOWER VINYL UMEDA
Tower Records' dedicated vinyl-only concept store (new and used, ~30,000 records), on the 4th floor of NU Chayamachi in the same building as the main Umeda store; relocated from the 3rd floor, reopening 2025-02-07.
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- Twindisc
Record shop and bar in Honmachi-bashi, Chuo-ku, opened January 2025; irregular closures.
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- uprise MARKET
Used-record shop near Honmachi specializing in soul, hip-hop/R&B and oldies/old-rock vinyl.
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- VINYL CHAMBER
Used-vinyl shop in the Restructure Nishi-Shinsaibashi building specializing in soul, funk/disco, hip-hop/R&B and oldies/old-rock.
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- VOXMUSIC Shinsaibashi
Used-vinyl specialist in Shinsaibashi/Amerika-mura since 2000, dealing American and European soul, jazz, rare groove, hip hop, Latin, Brazilian, and reggae, plus sampling sources. A second location opened in Umeda in 2020.
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- VOXMUSIC Umeda
Umeda branch of VOXMUSIC (the chain's Shinsaibashi shop is already listed), opened 2020 in the NU Chayamachi building; broad-genre used vinyl (roughly 90% used) plus some new stock.
2 sources
- Waxpend Records
Used vinyl specialist in Horie focused on original pressings -- jazz, rock, soul/funk, blues and world; buys, sells and trades.
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- Wild One
Used analog record and CD shop in Naniwa Ward specializing in jazz, soul, and old rock/oldies, mainly second-hand stock. Runs an online storefront alongside the physical shop.
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- Wonderful Noise Records Store
Used-record shop near Tenmangu/Minamimorimachi stations opened May 2023, focused on club/dance, house, techno and electronica/ambient vinyl. Closed Sundays.
1 source
See the full record store listing for Osaka, Japan.