[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":428},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-record-shops-osaka":3,"blog-related-en-record-shops-osaka":349},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cover":279,"date":283,"description":284,"extension":285,"featured":286,"kicker":287,"meta":288,"minutes":289,"navigation":290,"path":291,"seo":292,"seoDescription":293,"shopNames":294,"shops":295,"sources":298,"stem":343,"tags":344,"updated":347,"__hash__":348},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Frecord-shops-osaka.md","Record shops in Osaka: Amerikamura, Horie and Umeda",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":268},"minimark",[9,26,31,53,57,63,67,73,76,82,86,92,96,102,105,109,113,116,122,126,132,135,139,145,149,155,160,164,167,173,177,183,187,191,200,204,250,253,256],[10,11,12,13,17,18,21,22,25],"p",{},"Osaka's record shops are easier to cover than Tokyo's. Most of them sit in and around ",[14,15,16],"strong",{},"Amerikamura"," (アメ村, \"Amemura\"), the grid of streets west of Shinsaibashi, and across Yotsubashi-suji in ",[14,19,20],{},"Minami-Horie",". Going by their addresses, seven of the shops in this guide are within about 450 metres of each other. Add ",[14,23,24],{},"Umeda",", a few subway stops north, for jazz and diskunion, and you have a full day.",[27,28,30],"h2",{"id":29},"before-you-go","Before you go",[32,33,34,41,47],"ul",{},[35,36,37,40],"li",{},[14,38,39],{},"Opening times vary a lot."," KINGKONG opens at 11:00, Rare Groove and Time Bomb around noon, Groovenut at 13:00. Newtone and Grind stay open until 21:00 or later most days.",[35,42,43,46],{},[14,44,45],{},"Watch the closing days."," Rare Groove and Groovenut close on Wednesdays; seeed in Umeda closes Tuesday and Wednesday.",[35,48,49,52],{},[14,50,51],{},"Grind takes reservations"," for visits on its website, so check before you go.",[27,54,56],{"id":55},"amerikamura-club-music-and-used-everything","Amerikamura: club music and used everything",[10,58,59,62],{},[14,60,61],{},"Newtone Records"," is on the second floor of a building in Nishi-Shinsaibashi 1-chome. It mainly stocks imported 12-inch vinyl: alternative house, disco, crossover, techno and dub, with a used section. It opens Monday to Saturday 12:00–21:00 and Sunday 12:00–20:00. Hori watches Newtone for your Discogs wantlist.",[64,65],"blog-shop",{"slug":66},"newtone-records",[10,68,69,72],{},[14,70,71],{},"Grind Records"," is a drum & bass specialist in a basement in Nishi-Shinsaibashi 2-chome: new and used drum & bass, jungle and dubstep on vinyl and CD. Hours are Monday 15:00–21:30, Tuesday to Saturday 14:00–21:30 and Sunday 14:00–20:00, and visits can be booked on its site. Also watched by Hori.",[64,74],{"slug":75},"grind-records",[10,77,78,81],{},[14,79,80],{},"KINGKONG"," has been in the basement of the Big Step building since 1979 and is now run by the founder's son, according to Time Out. It holds about 50,000 records and CDs in 16 genre sections, strongest in club music, hip hop and rock, and Time Out reports up to 300 new items a week. Open every day 11:00–20:00.",[64,83],{"slug":84,"name":80,"area":85},"kingkong-records","Osaka · Amerikamura (Big Step B1F)",[10,87,88,91],{},[14,89,90],{},"Rare Groove",", run by DJ Norio Sato, sells used disco and boogie, house and re-edits, italo, new wave and synth pop, Japanese music, new age and ambient, psych and prog, jazz funk, and Brazilian, African and Latin records. The shop posts new arrivals on its online store and filmed a US buying trip in Texas in May 2026. It closes on Wednesdays; its Japanese and English pages give slightly different hours, so check the site.",[64,93],{"slug":94,"name":90,"area":95},"rare-groove","Osaka · Amerikamura",[10,97,98,101],{},[14,99,100],{},"Groovenut Records"," opened in 2010 and sells soul, funk, jazz, disco, hip hop and Latin records, mostly American pressings, with a rare groove section of LPs, 7-inches and 12-inches. Time Out lists 13:00–21:00, closed Wednesdays, four minutes from Yotsubashi Station exit 5. Going by the addresses, it's about 50 metres from Grind.",[64,103],{"slug":104,"name":100,"area":95},"groovenut-records",[106,107],"blog-line-cta",{"eyebrow":108},"Digging in Osaka soon?",[27,110,112],{"id":111},"minami-horie-punk-oldies-and-indie","Minami-Horie: punk, oldies and indie",[10,114,115],{},"Cross Yotsubashi-suji and you're in Minami-Horie, where two shops share a block by Yotsubashi Station.",[10,117,118,121],{},[14,119,120],{},"Time Bomb Records"," opened in Amerikamura in 1990 and moved to a basement in Minami-Horie in December 2019, right by exit 6 of Yotsubashi Station. It sells used and imported rock 'n' roll, soul, punk and pop from the 1950s to today: garage, rockabilly, Japanese punk and hardcore, and 60s–80s pop. It has run its own TIME BOMB label since 1991. Open every day 12:00–20:00. Its store page also describes the walk from Amerikamura: past Triangle Park, west along Suomachi-dori, under the Hanshin Expressway.",[64,123],{"slug":124,"name":120,"area":125},"time-bomb-records","Osaka · Minami-Horie",[10,127,128,131],{},[14,129,130],{},"FLAKE RECORDS",", a few doors along, opened in 2006 and is an independent record and CD shop known for its own selection and imported records, Japanese and overseas indie and alternative. It also runs a label, and marked its 20th anniversary in September 2026 with two days of concerts at the Osaka-jo Ongakudo. Open Monday to Saturday 12:00–20:00 and Sunday 12:00–18:00.",[64,133],{"slug":134,"name":130,"area":125},"flake-records",[27,136,138],{"id":137},"a-little-further-north","A little further north",[10,140,141,144],{},[14,142,143],{},"Revelation Time"," is on the fourth floor of a building in Minami-Senba, north of Amerikamura, run by DJ and collector Eiji Taniguchi. It focuses on leftfield dance music: disco, UK garage, older Japanese records, Korean and Taiwanese grooves and 1990s Japanese ambient. Its Instagram and Time Out disagree on closing days, and it sometimes closes for a week or two, so check its Instagram before going.",[64,146],{"slug":147,"name":143,"area":148},"revelation-time","Osaka · Minami-Senba",[10,150,151,154],{},[14,152,153],{},"HMV record shop Shinsaibashi",", HMV's vinyl shop in Osaka, is in the basement of the Hotel Nikko building in Nishi-Shinsaibashi, open 11:00–20:00.",[64,156],{"slug":157,"name":153,"area":158,"store":159},"hmv-record-shop","Osaka · Shinsaibashi","hmv-rs-shinsaibashi",[27,161,163],{"id":162},"umeda-jazz-and-diskunion","Umeda: jazz and diskunion",[10,165,166],{},"Two stops are next to each other in Dōyamachō, east of Umeda's stations.",[10,168,169,172],{},[14,170,171],{},"Jazz Records seeed"," opened in October 2002 and sells used jazz on vinyl, sorted into US, European and Japanese jazz, piano trios, vocals, jazz funk, spiritual jazz and Brazilian music. Every record can be played in the shop. Open 12:00–20:00, closed Tuesday and Wednesday; seven minutes from the subway and Hankyu Umeda stations.",[64,174],{"slug":175,"name":171,"area":176},"jazz-records-seeed","Osaka · Umeda",[10,178,179,182],{},[14,180,181],{},"diskunion Osaka",", about a block away, is a general store: all genres, Japanese and Western, new and used, around 70,000 items. diskunion's Osaka classical shop is in the same building.",[64,184],{"slug":185,"name":181,"store":186},"diskunion","du-osaka",[27,188,190],{"id":189},"from-abroad","From abroad",[10,192,193,194,199],{},"Several Osaka shops sell by mail order, which helps if you've found them through this guide and can't visit soon. KINGKONG lists stock on its BASE online shop, Rare Groove posts new arrivals on its online store, and Time Bomb and FLAKE both sell online. Newtone Records and Grind Records are watched by Hori: put the records you want on your Discogs wantlist and you'll get a LINE message when one of them lists a copy. For shipping and import duty, see our guide to ",[195,196,198],"a",{"href":197},"\u002Fblog\u002Fbuy-records-from-japan","buying records from Japan",".",[27,201,203],{"id":202},"a-route","A route",[205,206,207,213,222,231,241],"ol",{},[35,208,209,212],{},[14,210,211],{},"11:00 KINGKONG",", the earliest opening.",[35,214,215,217,218,221],{},[14,216,90],{}," and ",[14,219,220],{},"Newtone",", a block or two apart.",[35,223,224,217,227,230],{},[14,225,226],{},"Groovenut",[14,228,229],{},"Grind"," (book Grind if you can).",[35,232,233,234,217,237,240],{},"Cross to ",[14,235,236],{},"Time Bomb",[14,238,239],{},"FLAKE"," in Minami-Horie.",[35,242,243,246,247,249],{},[14,244,245],{},"HMV Shinsaibashi"," or ",[14,248,143],{}," if they're open, then evening back at Newtone or Grind, which close latest.",[10,251,252],{},"Do Umeda (seeed and diskunion) on another morning, or before taking the train out of Osaka Station.",[254,255],"blog-shop-map",{},[10,257,258,259,263,264,199],{},"Kyoto is under an hour away by train; see our ",[195,260,262],{"href":261},"\u002Fblog\u002Frecord-shops-kyoto","Kyoto record shop guide",". 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