Lucky find @Ochanomizu – used vinyl records, vintage guitars etc!

If you are literally music player, you should visit Ochanomizu area where is located in the next stop from Akihabara station. As you know, you could dig in well-conditioned of used vinyl records and old electric guitars, acoustic guitars, electric bass guitars, acoustic drums, other musical instruments @ specialty shops in Ochanomizu.

Meanwhile, Japanese folk musical instruments like Shamisen(三味線), Taiko(和太鼓),Shakuhachi(尺八), etc most of Wa-Gakki(和楽器) are available in Shinjuku.

You may have already known Japanese vinyl record online shops, like Disk Union, RecoFAN, etc, however, on-site small vinyls shops @Ochanomizu are very exciting! Several genres are categorized and sorted at the record racks in each at those stores, help you find easily your favorite records in various bargains.

Japanese city-pop vinyls are many in the stocks, especially 1970’s and 80’s. I could find them also in the storage room or attic of my parent house though, it is very fun to find something special in your memories from those record racks. It would definitely remind you of your youthful memories very quickly.

I am sure, if you are curious about Japanese popular, folk music like Enka, Minyo or Kayou-kyoku, those are also in those stores.

Japanese city pop treasure “Mayonaka no door”.
“Shimauta”is based on Okinawa folk music, which is also covered by Alfredo Casero in Argentina.

Electric guitar brand products are, like Fender, Gibson, Martin, and many musical instruments brands in various shops at Ochanomizu and Jimbocho (Jimbocho is very close to Ochanomizu) area. There are also famous for gathering delicious curry restaurants area. After finding special vinyls and guitars, spicy curry lunch would be waiting for you.

G.O.A.T! One of the best city pop song of Japanese 80’s. TV animes of Showa-era.

G.O.A.T! One of the best city pop song of Japanese 80’s and TV animes!

If you are really proud of yourself as a huge fun of Kadomatsu Toshiki, Otaki Eiichi, Yamashita Tatsuro, Takeuchi Maria, Anri…Yellow Magic Orchestra (Y.M.O). Everyone over here please! 80’s city pop, techno pop lover, you must love these tunes below!

Including a song, which is 80’s city pop-esque!! 🙂

If you’re planning to dig in vinyl records of 80’s city pop, stop by Darumaya or Disk Union in Tokyo and its suburbs. They have treasure troves of Japanese Showa-era music.

https://darumaya.to

https://diskunion.net

People might say, the most famous anime song of 80’s is “Theme of Lupin The Third”(instrumental). Or “Get wild – Theme of City Hunter” by TM Network.

But don’t forget this one, the ending song ”Miraikeisatsu Urashiman”, which is 80’s TV anime, not only coolest techno pop (technology pop) song but also 80’s TV anime song of Japan! It is still brilliant even in 2022! No joke!

Although, I could hardly remember how the story goes, OK, ask wiki! Ta-dah….the story background set at Tokyo in 1983.

While the boy(Urashiman) has been chased by cop cars from episode 1 opening sequence, finally he got lost in parallel world with sudden thunder strike and forced himself to travel through time… time warp…eventually he arrived the neo-futuristic world in 2050.

This song titled “Dream City Neo-Tokio” as it means he exactly showed up Tokyo city in 2050.

He was called “Urashiman” who is lost himself and his name, memories of the past. After being captured by future cops, he became a detective to investigate the mystery of his situation, he started finding himself. Who is the enemy?

If you have interest into it, please check Showa anime “Miraikeisatsu Urashiman”!