Record Stores / Japan

Record Stores in Niigata, Japan

8 record stores — last verified August 2026.

• Bullet

  Open Hours not listed

  Niche used-record specialist in Chuo-ku focused on old rock and progressive/psychedelic rock, with a notably deep selection of rare Asian pressings (India, China, Korea) alongside European and US prog/psych. Also runs mail-order sales.

  3 sources

• Earl Stock

  Open Hours not listed

  Used CD, DVD, video and record shop in western Niigata City near Terao Station, primarily secondhand stock.

  3 sources

• KING KONG Niigata

  Open 11am–6:30pm today

  Large used record, CD and DVD store (100,000+ items) in Furumachi, Chuo-ku — vinyl on the ground floor, CDs/DVDs on the 2nd. A longtime Niigata institution that relocated from the old West Hori Rosa underground mall to Furumachi Mall 6 in March 2025.

  4 sources

• LOWYARD RECORDS

  Open 1pm–8pm today

  Imported new-vinyl specialist in central Niigata, opened December 2022, carrying rock, soul, dance, jazz and rap alongside cassettes, CDs and branded merch. Shares a building with dAb Coffee Store, next to a 7-Eleven.

  4 sources

• Mano Ryobando (真野良盤堂)

  Open 1pm–7pm today

  Used record shop in Chuo-ku with an eclectic stock spanning jazz, club, experimental/avant-garde, classical, synth, Japanese releases and soul/funk/disco, including obscure titles. Two on-site parking spaces.

  2 sources

• Shabby Sic poetry.

  Open Hours not listed

  Small shop off Higashihori-dori in Chuo-ku selling records, CDs, goods and salt lamps, centered on underground/independent labels and soulful/experimental hip-hop, R&B and ambient. Open irregularly, roughly one day a week.

  3 sources

• SHE Ye,Ye Records

  Open 1pm–8pm today

  Used record shop in Chuo-ku trading since around 2009, specializing in rock, jazz and singer-songwriter titles with a reputation for rare and hard-to-find pressings spanning world and experimental music. Relocated to its current Higashibori address in April 2021.

  2 sources

• Tower Records Niigata

  Open 10am–9pm today

  Regular Tower Records branch on the 2nd floor of Aeon Mall Niigata Kameda Interchange.

  2 sources