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The Ultimate Tokyo Vinyl & Cassette Hunting Guide: Digging Deep in Shibuya, Ochanomizu, and Beyond

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Cover art of The 1975's 'Sex EP' 12-inch vinyl record, featuring a black and white image of crumpled sheets with a price sticker in the corner.

🎵 Vinyl Hunters: Why You Should Stay in Central Tokyo Ochanomizu and Shibuya are Tokyo’s vinyl havens — but records are HEAVY. Lugging your finds across town between shops is exhausting. Stay near the action. Editor’s pick: Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu sits directly above Shibuya Station. Disk Union, Manhattan Records, HMV Record Shop, and Tower Continue reading “The Ultimate Tokyo Vinyl & Cassette Hunting Guide: Digging Deep in Shibuya, Ochanomizu, and Beyond”

Smashing Pumpkins Budokan Merch & Live Report: A Deep Dive into the Japan Tour Experience

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The front entrance of the Nippon Budokan. A large banner for The Smashing Pumpkins concert, 'ROCK INVASION 25,' hangs above the entrance, with posters for other concerts on barricades in the foreground.

A Serendipitous Path to The Smashing Pumpkins’ Japan Show The best stories often begin with a simple twist of fate. One evening, after finishing the fifth episode of Netflix’s ‘Alien Earths,’ the ending credits rolled, accompanied by a sound that was unmistakably The Smashing Pumpkins. A jolt went through me. ‘That’s right, it’s this month.’ Continue reading “Smashing Pumpkins Budokan Merch & Live Report: A Deep Dive into the Japan Tour Experience”

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