The Disk Union store for electronic/hiphop is located in Shinjuku, close to McDonalds at the East Exit. They have a nice Detroit/Chicago selection there. Mostly house records.
What I can highly recommend is Technique Online Store in Shibuya (200 m from the famous crossroad). They have a lot of second hand vinyls, a great Detroit selection and lots of bargains! Bought a lot of records there recently :) Lighthouse Records is not far from Technique (just across the main street). Their stock is a bit smaller but nice finds nevertheless. The weirdest record store I've been yet is Discland Jaro (Shibuya). It's a basement room in a small side street. VERY tiny (2x2 meters) and packed with records to the ceiling. They are specialized on Jazz and Soul records, but have insane prices ($300 in average for a record). In Kyoto I could not find any record stores for electronic music. I think Osaka is a better place. Dieter > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:38:39 +0100 > Von: Paul Kendrick <p...@dagmar-tara.com> > An: Patrick Wacher <pwac...@gmail.com>, "313@hyperreal.org" > <313@hyperreal.org>, "ed612...@iinet.net.au" <ed612...@iinet.net.au> > Betreff: RE: (313) Japanese site > > Last time I was there it seemed Cisco had shut, I use to > think Disc Union was the best store Ive ever been in but recently they > moved the Shibuya store around and now the techno/ house is on the 3rd > floor which is much smaller and indie/rock/metal is where the techno use > to be....shame....but Haqq's artwork was still there. Because of this I > felt on my last visit that Disk Union Shimokitazawa was a better site. > Shimokitazawa has lots of cool vintage stores and record stores, you must > check out city country city its a record store in a café....small but > ace vinyl section. > > > http://blog.cdandlp.com/2011/02/city-country-city-record-shop-in-tokyo.html > > If you have time check out Kyoto its 3 hours (I think) on the bullet > train from Tokyo, its so so cool. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Wacher [mailto:pwac...@gmail.com] > Sent: 28 August 2012 16:41 > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) Japanese site > > I 2nd Mel's suggestion. Disc Union is unbelievable. So many Detroit > classics in there, back catalogue like you wouldn't believe. Take your > cash, and plenty of it. > > Plus the added bonus of some original Abdul Haqq artwork on the walls. > > Is Cisco Techno still around? > > - P. > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Mel N <mymachines...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When you get on the ground the nearest techno store? I like Disk Union > > in Shibuya > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Christian H <cjh4...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> http://www.higher-frequency.com/ > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Kentaro Taniguchi > >> <kentaro.tanigu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Ed > >>> > >>> http://www.clubberia.com/en/ would be a good source - its in > >>> Japanese only I believe but you might be able to maneuver around > >>> with the calender function. > >>> And of course RA would have some events posted there as well - it > >>> goes by cites it seems. > >>> http://www.residentadvisor.net/local.aspx?show=all > >>> > >>> Best > >>> Kentaro > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:49 PM, edward thompson > >>> <ed612...@iinet.net.au> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi guys, > >>>> Whats the japanese web gig guide? ie Resident Advisor? > >>>> Looking at spending xmas and NY's in Japan and trying to line up a > >>>> trip revolving around parties Peace Ed > >>> > >>> > >> > > >
