Flash Disc Ranch

My son asked me to look for two particular hard to find Japanese jazz vinyls. I asked the owner and he took me to the section for one of them and while I was looking he brought me the other one I was looking for. Super nice and great selection. Also really nice that he had a place to put my other bags while I was looking. The isles are tight so being able to put my bag somewhere was nice for me and for other people that needed to scoot by. Great selection and music playing on their system were spot on. Go to this store

It’s the record store from Perfect Days, a movie I love. I bought nineteen Japanese jazz fusion and city pop records at affordable prices. Most notably, I got an original pressing of Takanaka’s Brazilian Skies, with the obi-strip intact. The owner seemed a little prickly but such is the nature of record shop owners. He runs a great store, offered some solid recommendations and is probably over-inundated with annoying tourists

I found some awesome, original Japanese LPs here! Distinctive entrance, tugged on the 1st floor, a true hidden gem for vinyl geeks. Photos are not allowed inside unless you buy

Exactly my type of record store! Unpretentious, for real music nerds. The owner and his wife are lovely and gave incredible recommendations (in fact, I'll be back to buy something I passed on at first!). They clearly got tired of disrespectful tourists, which is totally understandable and actually makes it better. This is a place for real record collectors, so go there to dig and discover!

One of my favourite spot in Tokyo with great music on the sound system, customers speaking in hushed tones, and highly knowledgeable advice from the owners. This is an audiophile’s paradise, scores of boxes crammed with vinyl piled on top of each other. One section specialises in pop, rock and a big selection of Japanese artists, while the other is more eclectic: new recordings and reissues of little-known world music, jazz, funk and electronic.

A classic style vinyl record store with plenty of stock, albeit a little light on turnover. The albums are fairly diverse, but can be diluted by many copies of quite obscure releases. Singles are more focussed, with many collectors favourites available regularly. My only criticism is that the price tags are adhered to often very important sleeves on singles, which could be done better. However, I love browsing in this place.

Terrible store. Owner is rude and racist. The guy asks for my bag, which hilariously you couldn’t fit a record in even if you broke it in half. Then stares at me the whole time. Soon after 3 Japanese guys come in with full record bags from other stores. He just lets them browse freely. By far the worst record experience I had in Tokyo. Avoid.

Very rustic but charming record store that holds mostly US and UK pressings, but also has some japanese music. I picked up some japanese heavy metal and glam metal records. Worth a look if you're into that kinda stuff. Also carries some City Pop. The woman at the counter was very nice and gave us cold towels while browsing the store, as is was a hot day. To everyone visiting the store: You should put your backpack on the shelf by the counter so you can browse freely and not bump into other customers.

First stop every time I'm in the area. Super chill vibes and you can find a lot of OBI presses which was what I was looking for. Lots of weird Beatles and 80s US bands, if that's what you're looking for. Crossed a few finds off my list. Fair prices and helpful staff.

Great selection and super kind owners. I love New Wave and their selection was awesome. Found some cool records in the 800¥ bin - you can get three of these for 2000¥! Loved the vibes inside as well. Will definitely return on my next trip to Tokyo.