Disk Union Shimokitazawa CD Record Store — Attraction in Tokyo

After spending hours thrifting in Shimokitazawa, I was exhausted. I was slowly making my way to the subway when I saw someone walking by with a Disc Union bag and thought, "now how did I miss that there was a store around here". I decided to make one last trip before getting on the train and thank the high heavens I did. What an amazing gem of a store. The back hip-hop section (AKA anything American) was AMAZING. I have never seen so many pop / R&B star 12" vinyl in such pristine condition and for bargain bin prices. Highly recommend if you're a pop...

This location encapsulates how a local record shop should be and how it was back in the day during the height of pre-digital music era. A top notch selection in all of Tokyo, this place is heavier on 60s-70s US and UK rock, city pop, J-pop in LPs and 45s. My favorite here is the hip-hop shop where you pay separately. They got a ton of mix CDs by local popular DJs like DJ Koco Shimokita and even old school mixtapes from the 90s like DJ Ron G, etc. Lots of rare used hip-hop LPs and singles are found here....

This is a decent record although I prefer HMV in Shibuya. I picked up a couple of Japanese pressed cds. They overprice many of their albums, for example the 1st Dylan album was priced around $350...probably to keep them in the store. It's not a bad store just not that great with a pretty vanilla selection...at least when I stopped...