Shibuya’s iconic Tower Records flagship store is currently undergoing a revamp, with a grand reopening set for February 29. Aside from reshuffling a few sections in the nine-storey building, the renovated store will see a notable expansion in its range of merchandise.
This is especially true of the Tower Vinyl Shibuya section on the sixth floor, which will soon feature an additional 30,000 vinyl records in its inventory to meet the demand of nostalgic music aficionados (we are in our Eclectic Grandpa Era, after all). Post-renovation, this floor will boast roughly 100,000 records in total, 40,000 of which are either vintage or second-hand.
In a bid to create Japan’s largest retail space dedicated to classical music, Tower Records will introduce an additional 7,000 classical music goods to its inventory. The classical music section, which was previously stocked on the seventh floor alongside soul, hip-hop, jazz, reggae and country genres, will soon get its own space on the eighth floor. This will leave room for the existing sections on the sixth and seventh floors to accommodate an additional 13,000 items.
The event space, formerly known as Space Hachikai on the eighth floor, will be rebranded as Tower Space Shibuya and moved to the second floor, adjacent to the Tower Records Cafe. This space will continue to host exhibitions and merchandise pop-ups.
With an impressive total of 850,000 items, including vintage posters, old-school cassette tapes, CDs, vinyl records and artist merchandise, the renovated Tower Records Shibuya is set to become an essential destination for music enthusiasts in search of rare deals or hard-to-find items no longer in production.
The anticipation for its unveiling is high, and we can’t wait to have a browse.
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