Record shops in Shibuya: Udagawacho, the big floors and the specialists

Most of Shibuya's record shops sit in a few blocks of Udagawacho, north-west of the scramble crossing, ten minutes' walk from the station. A handful of big floors are closer to the station, and two more shops are a walk away in Harajuku. This guide goes through them by what you're digging for, then suggests a route.

Before you go

• Most shops open between 11:00 and 13:00 and close around 20:00. TOWER VINYL stays open until 22:00, which makes it the natural last stop.
• DISCLAND JARO opens Friday to Sunday only. If jazz is the point of the trip, plan around it.
• Udagawacho is compact. Manhattan Records, Face Records and next records are on neighbouring blocks, and diskunion and HMV are a few minutes away. You can do the cluster on foot without going back to the station.

Hip hop, R&B and club music

diskunion Shibuya Club Music Shop is on the fourth floor of the Antenna 21 building in Udagawacho. It's one of the three diskunion stores Hori watches, focused on new and used hip hop, R&B, house, techno, soul and disco on vinyl. Weekday hours are 12:00–20:00, weekends and holidays 11:00–20:00.

diskunion Shibuya Club Music ShopWatched by HoriShibuya Public holidays: weekend hours.Watched by Hori Public holidays: weekend hours.Shop page →

Manhattan Records opened in 1980 and, according to Time Out Tokyo, has focused on hip hop and R&B since it moved to its current building in the early 1990s. The ground floor sells new records, apparel and the shop's own goods; the second floor has used records, CDs and cassettes, mainly hip hop. The shop's blog posts regular drops of used 12-inches and LPs on the second floor. Hours are 12:00–20:00.

Manhattan RecordsNot watched yetShibuya · Udagawacho · Hip hop & R&B · New and used · Reggae & house Not watched yet Shop page →

next records sells only original pressings of 12-inch singles: hip hop, R&B, disco and dance classics. It opened in January 2000 and moved to its current second-floor shop in 2008. Records have QR codes so you can preview them on your phone. Hours are 13:00–20:00.

Used records in every genre

Face Records was founded in 1994 and its Udagawacho shop was its first. It buys and sells mostly used vinyl across soul and funk, jazz, Japanese music, reggae, world, rock and hip hop, and has since opened stores in Sapporo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Fukuoka and New York. It's open every day from 11:00 to 20:00, with occasional closures announced on its website.

Face RecordsNot watched yetShibuya · Udagawacho · Mostly used · Soul, funk & jazz · Japanese music Opening days vary: check the calendar on their site.Not watched yet Opening days vary: check the calendar on their site.Shop page →

HMV record shop Shibuya is HMV's vinyl-only store in Udagawacho, opened in 2014. Deep Tokyo's 2025 profile counts more than 80,000 new and used records over two floors: rock, kayōkyoku, anime and film soundtracks and 7-inches on the first floor; electronic and dance, hip hop, R&B, reggae, jazz, a city pop corner and Japanese pop by decade on the second. There are listening stations on both floors. Hours are 11:00–21:00.

Recofan is on the sixth floor of MAGNET by SHIBUYA109, at the scramble crossing and connected to the station underground. Its old Shibuya BEAM store closed in 2020 after 26 years, and it reopened here in December 2022. The store page lists more than 50,000 used LPs and EPs and more than 20,000 CDs, all genres, and it buys records. Hours are 10:00–21:00, the earliest opening in this guide.

RecofanNot watched yetShibuya · Mostly used · All genres · Records & CDs Not watched yet Shop page →

TOWER VINYL SHIBUYA is the record floor on the sixth floor of Tower Records Shibuya, five minutes from the station's Hachiko exit. The floor roughly doubled in size in 2024 and, according to Tower's 2025 announcement, holds more than 100,000 new and used records, with a standing beer bar on the same floor. The store opens 11:00–22:00 with irregular closing days.

TOWER VINYL SHIBUYANot watched yetShibuya · New and used · All genres · J-pop on vinyl Opening days vary: check the calendar on their site.Not watched yet Opening days vary: check the calendar on their site.Shop page →

Jazz, soul and rare groove

One floor above diskunion's club shop, diskunion Shibuya Jazz/Rare Groove sells jazz, soul, Brazilian, Latin, reggae, soundtracks, French and rare groove, mostly on vinyl, with frequent overseas buying. Hori doesn't check this floor yet, but it's in the same building as the club shop, so it costs you one flight of stairs.

diskunion Shibuya Jazz/Rare GrooveNot watched yetShibuya Public holidays: weekend hours.Not watched yet Public holidays: weekend hours.Shop page →

DISCLAND JARO, a few minutes from the station in Udagawacho, is a jazz specialist: used records from Japanese pressings to imported originals and rarities, and it buys records too. It opens Friday 12:00–18:00, Saturday 13:30–18:00 and Sunday 12:00–18:00, and is closed the rest of the week. Our jazz record shops guide covers the other jazz specialists in Tokyo and beyond.

DISCLAND JARONot watched yetShibuya · Udagawacho · Jazz · Original pressings · Used Not watched yet Shop page →

North of Shibuya: Harajuku

Two shops in Jingumae, Harajuku, are worth the extra walk north if you have time.

Glocal Records has been in Harajuku since 2011 and stocks mostly used records: breakbeats, techno and house, reggae, world music and jazz. It's one of the shops Hori watches. Note the short hours: weekdays 14:00–20:00, Saturday 12:00–17:00, closed Wednesday and Sunday.

Glocal RecordsWatched by HoriHarajuku · Mostly used · Breakbeats, techno & house · Reggae & dub Watched by Hori Shop page →

Big Love Records sells only new imported records, picked by founder Masashi Naka, plus its own Japan Edition releases. It's a shop for current independent music rather than back catalogue. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 14:00–20:30.

Big Love RecordsNot watched yetHarajuku · New imports only · Indie · Japan Editions Not watched yet Shop page →

A route

On a Friday or weekend, starting around noon:

1. Udagawacho first: diskunion (club, then jazz one floor up), Manhattan Records, Face Records and next records, all within a few blocks.
2. DISCLAND JARO before it closes at 18:00.
3. HMV record shop, then Recofan at the crossing.
4. TOWER VINYL last; it's open until 22:00.

Add Harajuku on a weekday afternoon, when Glocal Records keeps its longer hours.

For techno and house across the city, see electronic record shops in Tokyo. Shibuya pairs well with Shimokitazawa, a few stops away on the Keio Inokashira Line: see our Shimokitazawa guide and the two-day Tokyo record digging itinerary.