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Request: Tokyo vinyl and audio ideas

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[Also on Audiogon. Sorry for the cross-post.]

After 5 months living in the mainland China hi-fi desert, I'm headed to Tokyo next month and will be in Japan for about 2 weeks before heading home and firing up the system at last. Who's got advice on where to do some record (LP vinyl only) shopping while I'm there? Interested in jazz recordings, mainly. High quality and reasonable pricing preferred. And what other audiophile destinations should be on my Japan agenda?

Also will be visiting Kyoto and surrounding area of Southern Japan for several days, so give me your suggestions as well for LP records and audio shops in that part of Japan.

Thanks for any suggestions along these lines.

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RE: Request: Tokyo vinyl and audio ideas - goheelz 23:23:56 05/27/12 (1)
Kenlc: Thanks, and much appreciated. I will try to check out Disk Union. It does look pretty crowded in there, but then Asia is usually crowded, no?
- RE: Request: Tokyo vinyl and audio ideas - Kenlc 04:43:00 05/28/12 (0)
  In all fairness, it was their annual sale that day - sort of like Black Friday/Boxing Day. I just happened to be there that day...I left empty handed btw. Attached is an image of my thumb lining up to get inside.
RE: Request: Tokyo vinyl and audio ideas - Kenlc 06:06:52 05/27/12 (1)
Try Disk Union...they have several locations with separate stores dedicated different genres as well as to media (CD and LP). I remember the Shinjuku Jazz store as being pretty good but I was there during the annual 20% sale and it was pretty busy...
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- RE: Request: Tokyo vinyl and audio ideas - ecl876 06:58:24 05/27/12 (0)
  Gee Whiz- Looks like a madhouse. Are the albums perhaps etched with gold?.Looks like a fight could break out at any minute. I'll take online purchasing any day.

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