Shimokura Second Hands PART1 — Local services in Tokyo

Thank you Mr Makoto for your help, you went above and beyond with your excellent service. Shimokura Second Hands has a good range of good quality used guitars at fair prices. We were visiting from Australia and found a lovely Korina Explorer from the 90s we wanted to purchase. As we had to get it back to Australia, we wanted a hard case. Explorers are a unique shape and rather large, Mr Makoto searched but unfortunately they didn't have any Explorer hard cases in stock. We said we would look around at other stores for a hard case and if we could find one, we would return and purchase the guitar.

After searching many stores, Mr Makoto came out and found us on the street to say he found a large, unique case that would suit the Explorer! Thank you for not giving up Mr Makoto, and for going to the effort to find us. We have now returned to Australia with our Explorer and very unique case (coffin shaped) safe and sound.

If you want good quality used guitars and excellent customer service, visit Mr Makoto at Shimokura Second...

If your lucks in there can sometimes be some really interesting used guitars to be had in this store. This shop tends to sell more vintage, rare or high end guitars than the branch on the other side of the street. Lots of 50s and 60s gear but with some 70s and 80s stuff too. Again you’re shopping for a vintage Gibson or fender then I find that this store is a little cheaper than some of the competition for example the Ishibashi store in Shibuya. Be warned that on some visits you won’t find anything that really jumps out as super exciting and on other visits you’ll be snapping your neck looking around the store at some of the...

Traveling to Japan this past summer I ended up finding a fantastic Tokai SG, but a hard case for it was hard to come by. This shop searched for a case that would allow me to take the guitar safely home with me to the US where it now resides happily. The extra effort and care the staff showed in finding suitable protection for my guitar and carefully packing it for its long trip home with me was notable, thank you so...