THE MAP
Every vinyl destination inside the greater Nagoya footprint. Zoom in to see individual venues.
THE 14 RECORD SHOPS
Nagoya is the country's overlooked digging city.
Nagoya is Japan's third-largest metropolis and one of its most under-covered record cities. The dig lives in Sakae and Osu — a pair of neighbourhoods where Disk Union, File Under, Coconuts Disk Nagoya and Grandfunk trade a full menu of jazz, soul, city-pop, rock and hip-hop within a ten-minute walk.
Prices sit below Tokyo and Osaka for equivalent condition, and the local listening-bar scene punches above the city's international reputation. If you're already flying to Japan for records, Nagoya is a one-day detour that pays for itself.
THE FIVE ROOMS
The Nagoya outpost of the Tokyo mothership. Multi-floor, genre-specific — same strict grading, lower Tokyo tax.
The city's essential jazz, soul and city-pop counter. Deep bins, staff picks that travel.
Sister to the beloved Tokyo shop — second-hand Japanese pop, folk and rock in a friendly room.
Rare-groove funk, rare soul, jazz-funk 45s and originals — the collector's room.
Punk, hardcore, indie — the shop, the label and the community node for underground Nagoya.