Two Weeks In Tokyo Record Shops, Instrument Stores, Listening Bars, and Everything I Brought Back

Two weeks, one Pelican Case, and way too many shops to ever see them all in one trip. This is a walkthrough of the Tokyo record stores, instrument shops, and listening bars I hit on this trip — plus a full review of the guitar I disassembled and stuffed in my luggage. Update 9/1/26 - Here are links to Google Maps for places I've saved in Tokyo. I've not been to them all yet and these are running lists for me to track to see how many I can hit in each visit. Record Stores - https://maps.app.goo.gl/uzcaEvUWdeqSg... Listening Bars - https://maps.app.goo.gl/TVEQBKvXhWFoG... Instrument Shops - https://maps.app.goo.gl/RfcC5dfmMYb9g... _________________________________________________ Record Stores & Cassettes Disk Union — Shimokitazawa, Shinjuku, and Ochanomizu locations Lighthouse Records Ochanomizu Flash Disc Ranch Shimokitazawa NAT Records Shimokitazawa Oddtape (Shibuya) — cassette specialists _________________________________________________ Instrument Shops 2nd Street Instruments (Shimokitazawa) TC Gakki (Shin-Okubo) G Club (Shibuya) Guitar Planet (Ochanomizu) Ishibashi Gakki (Ochanomizu) Shimokura Second Hand (Ochanomizu) Vintage Strings (Ochanomizu) Five G Music Technology (Harajuku) _________________________________________________ Listening Bars Blue on Velvet Koenji Music Bar 45 Shibuya - https://linktr.ee/musicbar45 Ginza Music Bar Ginza _________________________________________________ ⏱️ Timestamps 0:00 – Intro 0:32 – Ochanomizu Scouting 04:05 - Ochanomizu Tryouts 07:51 - Shimokitazawa 10:34 - Shibuya Guitar Shopping 11:52 - Koenji Listening Bar 13:00 - Shibuya Cassettes and Listening Bar 17:44 - Shinjuku CD Complex 19:31 - Shin-Okubo Guitar Store 21:01 - Ginza 21:54 - Hirajuku Synth Mecca 23:29 - Guitar Review 🎸 Follow the music: Bandcamp - The Dirt Boys thedirtboys.bandcamp.com Instagram - The Dirt Boys instagram.com/dirtboysmaine Facebook - The Dirt Boys facebook.com/thedirtboysband Kreiver Zhou Instagram -   / kreiverzhou   YouTube -    / kreiverzhou   DJ Nepaux Baby   / nepauxbaby   Carnavacation Web https://www.carnavacation.com/ YouTube    / @carnavacation5224   Home Recording | Songwriting | Live Music | DIY | Music Stores of the World #Tokyo #RecordStores #Greco #ListeningBar #Ochanomizu #Shimokitazawa