Hard Bop
Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae, Kyoto · Independent record shop
Hard Bop is a jazz record shop next to Kyoto City Hall that covers all jazz, from early jazz and modern to free. It sells used and new LPs and CDs, including original pressings bought abroad, and says it holds about 50,000 items with about 15,000 in the shop.
- Jazz
- Original pressings
- New and used
Visit the shop
- Hours
- Hours aren’t fixed: check their website before you go.Tokyo time. Check the shop’s site before a long trip.
- Address
- 〒604-0925 京都府京都市中京区上本能寺前町474 日宝御池ビル1F-3Open in Google Maps
- Nearest station
- Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station (Tozai Line), exit 11
- Website
- hard-bop-record.com
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