Up a spiral staircase near Motomachi, a Kobe shop of unusual music selected from around the world.
- Shop
- Hangasha - 汎芽舎
- Address
- Japan, 〒650-0022 Hyogo, 神戸市中央区Chuo Ward, Motomachidōri, 1-chōme−12−７ デリカ 元町 ビル ２F
- Town
- Kobe, Japan
- Formats
- Vinyl
- Crates
- House, Techno, Disco, Hip-hop, Soul, Funk, Reggae, Dub, Jazz, World, Electronic
- In the shop
- Mail order
- Opening hours
- Mo-Tu 12:00-20:00; We 12:00-19:00; Th-Sa 12:00-20:00
Hangesha Record is two minutes from the east exit of JR Motomachi station in Kobe, up a spiral staircase to the second floor, and it stocks unique music selected from around the world. The shop says it plainly: there are not many ordinary records here. Browsing runs through new wave, NDW and German new wave, synth pop, synthwave, darkwave, post punk, EBM, new beat and industrial, then house in its deep, acid, ghetto, Chicago and Detroit varieties, techno, breakbeat, minimal and electro, disco, italo, euro disco and Hi-NRG, hip hop, soul, UK street soul and funk, reggae, lovers rock, dub and dancehall, jazz, fusion and jazz-funk, world, afro, Brazil and MPB, and experimental, ambient, leftfield and Berlin school. Wednesdays close at 19:00 and any unplanned closures go up on the shop's socials.