Tokyo's sanctuary for analog sound. Curated vinyl from across decades and continents — rare pressing to modern masterpieces, awaiting the needle.
Ryo Fukui
¥12,000
Toshiki Kadomatsu
¥6,800
Mariya Takeuchi
¥9,200
Hideyuki Hashimoto
¥4,300
Taeko Onuki
¥7,600
Casiopea
¥5,400
In a world of infinite streaming, choosing just one record becomes a sacred act.
GROOVE TOKYO opened its doors in a narrow Shibuya alley in 2019 — a single room with 2,000 records, one Technics turntable, and a conviction that analog sound holds something digital never will: imperfection that breathes.
Japan has always understood vinyl differently. From the meticulous grading culture of Disk Union to the jazz kissaten that treated records as sacred objects, this island nation built a relationship with analog sound that goes beyond audiophilia — it borders on philosophy. We carry that tradition forward, stocking pressings that span six decades and every continent, each one hand-inspected, each one played before it reaches your ears.
Michele Zucker
Rikki Ililonga
Kazumi Watanabe
Junko Onishi
Masabumi Kikuchi
Yoshio Suzuki
Miharu Koshi
Kazu Matsui