Kyoto, Nakagyo ward: one of Japan's foremost jazz specialists.
- Shop
- Hard Bop
- Town
- Kyoto, Japan
- Formats
- Vinyl, CDs
- Crates
- Jazz, Soul, Funk
- In the shop
- Buys collections, Mail order
- Opening hours
- We-Mo 12:30-18:00
Hard Bop in Kyoto's Nakagyo ward is one of the leading jazz specialist record shops in Japan, dealing in jazz across the whole span of the music, from early jazz through modal and hard bop to free. It carries original pressings, reissues and new records, and pitches to everyone from the deep collector to the beginner, which is the mark of a specialist confident enough not to gatekeep.