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Takechaus Records is a select shop centered on records, CD/DVDs, etc. from small music soho in Sapporo Chuo -ku.

Soul, Jazz, ROCK, Japanese music mainly buying used record store

This record shop specializes in hip-hop and reggae, along with a wide selection of soul and funk—the original tracks and samples that influenced these genres—focusing primarily on Black music in EP and LP formats.

Neat Records, a used record and CD shop, opened in June 2005 in front of Kamegaike at Morioka Castle Site Park in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. The store offers music from all genres, including rock, jazz, classical, Japanese music, and club DJ tracks.

A music shop run by a real store that is mainly good at HIPHOP related.

A record shop in Yamagata City where you can enjoy alcoholic drinks.

Opened in the spring of 1999. A cross-genre selection of goods from around the world, including antiques, clothing, groceries, CDs, documentary DVDs, and handmade items by children.

They carry a carefully curated selection of both new and used records, personally chosen by the owner. The shop specializes in dance music such as techno and house, while also offering a wide range of electronic music including ambient, drone, and electronica, along with jazz, funk, soul, disco, and world music.

The Record Store Room first opened in Setagaya, Tokyo. It later relocated to a traditional kura warehouse in Hakodate in 2021, and in April 2024 established a new atelier in Honcho. Known for its highly original and distinctive selections.

After working at a record shop while moving between Hokkaido, Okinawa, Tokyo, and back to Hokkaido, the owner opened Tonotopica, a free-spirited record-focused shop shaped by a journey across time and place.