
On the second full day we were in Tokyo, December 29th, Kazu from Waterslide records took my wife and I around for a whirlwind tour of record stores. This is the day things really picked up as far as buying records went. Our first stop of the day was the Disk Union in Shinjuku. This is the best record store I have ever gone to in my entire life.

The other thing that I loved about the Shinjuku Disk Union was the sheer amount of 7"s they had. It seemed like they were everywhere. A section for new 7"s, a section for used 7"s, random 7"s stacked up on shelves that you didn't even notice the first time you walked by. It was just crazy. This is also the only store I have ever been in that has its own dedication portion of the used section dedicated to Snuffy Smile 7"s. That was madness. Flipping through that part of the used bin, I couldn't believe the 7"s that were just sitting around that had previously taken me decades to find. Just as incredible as the records I did buy was the amount of records I already had that I couldn't believe I was seeing just sitting in a store.

The crazy part is that we had such a busy day of record shopping planned, that I never even went into any of the other floors. Sure, I can't imagine there was a hidden gem waiting for my on the progressive rock floor, but I bet there may have been some other interesting things lying around. Just another reason to go back someday.
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