The 2024 Deep Groove Mono Guide to Jazz Record Shopping in Japan

My second trip to Japan only lasted a week but I still managed to visit 14 stores in Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo! The audio is improved this time, I show the records I buy as I go, and I keep a running tally of how much I spent. The video also features a very special find at the end!

Please also check out the updated 2024 Japanese Record Store Database below!

CITY	NEIGHBORHOOD	STORE	RATING
Kyoto	N/A	Super Milk	🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
Kyoto	N/A	Poco a Poco	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Kyoto	N/A	Jazzy Sport	🎷🎷
Nagoya	N/A	Disk Union	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Nagoya	N/A	Banana Record (3 Chome-22-32 Osu)	🎷🎷🎷
Nagoya	N/A	Greatest Hits	🎷🎷
Nagoya	N/A	Banana Record (Meieki)	🎷
Osaka	North	Banana Record	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Osaka	North	Disk Union	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Osaka	North	Jazz Record Seeed	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Osaka	South	HMV	🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
Osaka	South	Maru Ka Batsu	🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
Osaka	South	Morpho Records	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Osaka	South	Waxpend Records	🎷🎷
Osaka	South	Especial Records	🎷
Osaka	South	Groovenut	🎷
Osaka	South	Root Down	🎷
Tokyo	Ikebukuro	Disk Union	🎷🎷
Tokyo	Ochanomizu	Disk Union (Jazz Tokyo)	🎷🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shibuya	HMV	🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shibuya	Face Records (Miyashita Park)	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shibuya	Tower Records	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shibuya	Disk Union (Parco Dept. Store)	🎷🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shibuya	Disk Union (Jazz Rare Groove)	🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shibuya	Face Records (10-2 Udagawacho)	🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shimokitazawa	Disk Union	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shimokitazawa	Ella Records	🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shimokitazawa	Face Records (General Store)	🎷
Tokyo	Shinjuku	Disk Union (Jazz Store)	🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shinjuku	HMV	🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shinjuku	Disk Union (Second Hand)	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shinjuku	Hal's	🎷🎷🎷🎷
Tokyo	Shinjuku	Tower Records	🎷
Tokyo	Takadanobaba	Disk Union	🎷🎷