Come in, pay 1200 yen ($7.63 USD), buy a coffee or a drink, go grab 3 vinyls at a time and listen to them at your own pace. What a beautiful experience. Music hits so different on a vinyl record vs my noise cancelling airpods.
Rococo Records was spiritual. I was probably in here for 3 hours, pulling record after record and just vibing with my own company and listening to music the way it was truly meant to be consumed.
My favorite one I spun was Modal Soul by Nujabes. Something about listening to it in this record cafe in Shibuya on my solo trip to Japan really made for an out of body experience. Just so grateful to be alive and to be here. RIP to a legend.
They have something for everyone, from Taylor Swift to Tatsuro Yamashita, with the 3 sections being Western, Japanese, and K-pop.
People were passing the Frank Ocean Blond album around like the cousins splitting a blizzy pre-thanksgiving dinner.
We NEED something like this stateside, although idk if our culture has the respect level to not mess this up lol.
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Read moreAlthough the atmosphere isn’t bad, the quality of the services, records, and drinks are very subpar.
The records are often scratchy, jumping and repeating sections of the tracks. As for service, they will kick you out if there are groups waiting for your table. Even though each group can grab up to 3 albums, we didn’t even finish listening to 2 of them before we were kicked out to make room for the next group to take our table. This mainly applies to groups larger than 2 since there are fewer tables for those groups, so I wouldn’t recommend coming here with more than 2 people.
Even though it’s a good idea, the execution of it and their service...
Read moreIf there’s 100 stars I would give 100 stars cus this is my favourite cafe in whole of Japan!!
The drinks are good but the ambience is on a whole other level… this cafe is the perfect hideaway from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo!
What made my experience here even better is the service from the staff… I’ve never felt such level of hospitality from anyone in Japan… they are all soo friendly ❤️
I was here alone and the staff helped me take really nice pictures for memories! I’m so happy to be here 😭 it’s a core memory for my Japan trip!
Please do visit this cafe if you have a chance! Everything about...
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