However, many serious music listeners find it hard to resist the charm and character of analogue records. While vinyl has enjoyed a boom in recent years, it never really went away in Tokyo ...

In Tokyo, a specific style of bar has become increasingly popular: tiny, beautiful places that play records on vinyl and serve fine Japanese whisky. This type of establishment (see: JBS ...

By some metrics, Tokyo boasts the highest number of record shops of any nation’s capital at 93, and valuations for global vinyl record sales stand at $1.9 billion, according to market research ...

In fact, its sales numbers have even hit a new record high in Japan. In Japan in 2017, the Tokyo Ghoul series sold over 6.6 million copies, making it the second highest selling manga series of the ...