The Collector · Aoi · Tokyo
Manhattan Records
I bought my first import here in the mid-nineties. The shop hasn't sold out. It still feels like a clubhouse.
Ground zero for Japanese hip-hop culture since the nineties. Imports, exclusives, and twelve-inches that never showed up on streaming.
— Aoi, The Collector
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