Jimbocho. Shelved by feel rather than by genre, with a bar counter.

Shop: Echo Records
Town: Tokyo, Japan
Formats: Vinyl, CDs
Crates: Rock, Electronic, World, Folk, Jazz, Soundtracks
In the shop: Bar, Listening booth
Opening hours: Th-Su 13:00-20:00

Echo is in Jimbocho and refuses the usual arrangement - no conventional genre sections, no shelves by artist. The buying runs psychedelia, krautrock, progressive rock, world music and ambient, and the shop has been described as one you will not find on Spotify or Shazam, which is the intention. There is a bar counter so people can sit and talk about what they have just found. The name comes from analog delay units like the Roland Space Echo. No founding year is published, so none is claimed here