Awesome video! I never made it to the Disk Union in Shibuya, thanks for showing us around. Can't wait till next years' visit. Disk Union in Shinjuku is insane! Hope it's still there with it's 6 floors of goodness. Vinyl is mostly on the ground floors. I was there opening day and it was pure pandemonium. Again, thanks for sharing!

What a great look at Japan street walk. Cool record shop. Japan looks so clean everywhere you went.

I think I'd like to go to Disk Union. That looked like a fun dig.

I completely forgot about the records when i saw that Sushi 🍣 plate!!! It looks so fresh and of amazing quality! Nice York Dolls! Great Del Fuegos! I’ve got them both. Beautiful Flamin’ Grovies comp! That RG kicks butt I bet! Japanese Jeff! Nice 👍🏽 Great buys, JT. Disk Union is AMAZING! What a clean well curated store! Thanks for taking the time to share your trip with us. ✌🏽

Watched this on my Fujitsu plasma t.v…wow, very clean I must say ! Great buys there John ..especially, the Jeff Beck pressings ! Thanks mate

Just hit up as many Disk Union stores as I could this last week before I leave Japan today. Found a lot of great stuff for a good prices. Was surprised how many US/UK original presses they had in their shops. Some still sealed from 20-40 years ago.

I love the Disk Union record stores.

Some great albums JT. I’d love to shop over there. Take care

Hi JT!!! you really had a great time in Tokyo, what an awesome city and the people so nice too...... the record stores are also awesome and worth spending hours and lots of cash in there. Btw by our standards a 4.8 - 5 earthquake is nothing, lol. cheers and be well

So killer

Record stores will always be on my itinerary when i travel. Now that I'm on Instagram I follow accounts that show book stores and libraries around the world, so im adding those to my itenerary too!

Fantastic video bro

cool. nice selection. crazy prices. nice to see pandoras and primitives in there.

I swear, I would lose my mind in a Japanese record store, so much cool stuff, I would definitely grab that Pandoras LP, great all girl garage rock. The Primitives is another cool band with female vocals, kind of a jangle pop sound, check out their song Crash. Nice pickups, that Dolls EP looks cool. Yes, the Flamin' Groovies! great comp by them, look for their album Teenage Head, it's my favorite by them. Thanks for sharing your trip to Japan, loved seeing the record stores. Take care Jt.

Very nice clean records. Thanks for sharing the sights in Japan. 😊

Thanks for the tour JT . Great pickups .Awesome 😎🇦🇺

My man from Tokyo

I need to get to Japan! Awesome video and footage. I would spend a lot of money there!

Ahhh I want that KGB vinyl

I will be going to the shinjuko store in August I’ll definitely get to the Beatles floor. I also plan on hitting A Perfect Circle the all Beatles store in shinjuko. 30 record stores are in this area of Tokyo. Many to choose from. It will be expensive.

So cool to have way to visit at Japan.

Not to be a downer but you want to blur customers’ faces inside of retail stores in Japan. Privacy is paramount in Japan. The street is OK but customers have a presumption of privacy when they are shopping. I know you didn’t know. The KZfaq editor tool has a face blur function for uploaded videos. Masked people are fine but those without complain to store staff. Great work!

On my short visit to Japan I went on the bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka, maximum speed around 180mph takes from 2hrs20mins distance 320 miles, it’s almost like being on a jet ✈️ amazing. Osaka and nearby Kyoto both have a number of vinyl stores too! Kyoto is a must visit, an enchanting city full of interesting sights and culture. I saw many buskers in the streets!

I wish I was going to Tower records!!! to bad other people don't look the other way like me!!! nice Dreamtime , Del Fuegos , Gentlemen take poloraids , Jeff Beck - Wired , Grahm Parker , Rory Gallagher , lots of nice albums? great view of the Toyoko Tower , Mcdonalds, Senso Ji Buddhist!!! nice Toyoko CN Tower, sweet Sumida River the boat looks fun? questions in that Mcdonalds do they sell Beer? can you buy gift cards from stores for outside use like Mcdonalds in other stores like in the US you can buy Barnes and nobles Norstroms at Home Depot can you buy Mcdonalds gift cards out side of Mcdonalds?

First time seeing record shopping in Japan! 🇯🇵 hope to visit one day ☺️

Hi JT, enjoyable and well filmed set of videos in Japan. Back in 2007 Julian Cope published a book called 'Japrocksampler' that was my introduction to postwar Japanese pop/rock/underground music - much of which I was completely unaware. In the early '70s a bunch of Japanese bands picked up on the heavier sounds of Sabbath/Cream/Purple etc and came up with their own version. Some of this stuff is amazing and well worth seeking out. You can go online and check out Cope's main recommendations. Hard to find CDs/originals outside of Japan, so have no doubt Japanese record stores would have a very tasty selection.

I know this record store very well! There's really good one in Matsudo which near where my sister in-law lives. It's always a case of what not to get, because my suitcase is only so big!! Only just over a month before I'm back...well maybe longer because I'll be in Canada first. Flamin Groovies on Buddha, nice! Instead of Rotten Ronnie's you should try Mos Burger next time you're in Japan. Boredoms. OOIIOO, Afrirampo, Envy, High Rise, DJ Krush, Flower Travellin' Band, Minami Deutsch, Kikagaku Moyo, Guitarwolf & Les Rallizes Dénudés are some great Japanese bands of all styles and eras to check out Jt. Cheers...Ben

04:00 "I just walked in; I'm going to keep looking." lol That's why I can' spend long amounts of time in a record store - I usually find my limit for that day within about 5 minutes....then I have to tell myself "keep looking, you've hardly scratched the surface...." but then I end up finding a lot of records I have to leave behind. lol Sounds like they had the volume up nice and loud in that store. I had that "Dreamtime" album by The Stranglers but I could never get into it. I used to think it was horrible to go to MacDonald's when visiting another country, but now I've come around to the feeling that, if you're away from the U.S. for a long time, sometimes it's nice to get back to something that's more familiar. Thanks for showing the records!

Hi JT. I was busy last week and missed this video. Some nice records in Disk Union. With my power pop hat on, The Pandoras, Shoes and Dwight Twilley caught my eye ... Good to see some Flamin' Groovies. I have a Groovies bootleg where someone in the audience keeps shouting for 'Doctor Boogie'. Cyril Jordan tries to explain that they don't play that anymore ... Julian Cope (Teardrop Explodes) wrote a book called 'Japrocksampler: How The Post-War Japanese Blew Their Minds On Rock 'n' Roll'.

I always like it when you take us on your travels. That looks like such a cool record store. Dreamtime has gotten some bad reviews by some critics but I love it, especially the tune "Always The Sun." I need to get more Stranglers in the collection. Graham Parker is one of my favorites and that is a great album. Look forward to Bangkok.

Great to see one of my band Fire Exit album in there . Keep Clear Volume 2 cheers

The Mona Lisa's Sister is a banger.

Very cool!!!!

Hey JT! Great stuff as always. Would love to make the trip, but my flight time limit is 8-9 hrs. I'm fine with going to Europe, but I can't do the Far East, I won't even go to Hawaii for that reason. Pretty Things. Was $26 for sealed or used?

Razamanaz was my first album with Nazareth back in 1976 with my first paycheck I was 16 years old

Had to go all the way to Japan to find The Pandoras ! Kim from The Muffs was one

A great Japanese band is called SAKANACTION. サカナクション

Jt, the footage was amazing. I think I need to visit Japan. The Prince Sex Machine boot looked cool. The Savage Eye jacket was intense. You can tell those jackets are of the highest quality. Beck - Ola is a great album. Nice Flamin Groovies title. Japan is so clean; why am I surprised? Disc Union - Do they mainly sell rock? Take care!!

Aloha JT, what was the exchange rate when you were I Japan?

hi! im a newbie to collecting music and im going to japan next week, im looking to get cheap/used cds, which do you recommend buying more from, tower records or disk union rock? also is there any chance i can get portable cd players in these stores? im really excited to go visit these stores, thanks for the vlog!

Hello JT. Can you tell me how you transport your vinyl to your home state when you go abroad? Do you put it in your luggage or find a shipping service to send it to your home? I am not sure on how to do this. Thanks.

JT, I got a question way off left field. Are you familiar with Nature’s Bakery in Reno? I get these Raspberry fig bars that are really good. Do they have a store open to the public or is it just manufacturing there? Just curious. Oh yea great record stores in Japan. Peace ☮️ Namaste 🙏 the Zonkman

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