Note that many record shops are likely to shorten their hours, and events may be cancelled or curtailed due to the State of Emergency recently extended to March 7th.
Tokyo
Outside Tokyo
Jan 16-Feb 14 Fukuoka Maruzen Hakata-ten Disk Sale
Feb 5-15 Hiroshima YumeTown Kinokuniya Disk Sale
Feb 22-28 Osaka Twin 21 Disk Sale
Feb 23- Mar 1 Kobe Hankyu 9F Record and CD Fes
Feb 27 – Mar 14 Kyoto Record Matsuri
Mar 16-30 Kyoto Tokyu Dept Store Add Some Records to Your Day Record & CD Fair
March 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the One Box Record Fair. As I write I don’t know whether or not we’ll be able to celebrate this milestone in the style we’d like to, but in the meantime, here is a brief rundown of our first decade.
2021年3月で「一箱レコード市（OBRF）」は10周年を迎えます。この記事を書いている時点では、10周年を思い通りに祝うことができるかどうかわかりませんが、これまでの10年間を簡単にまとめてみました。
Back in the autumn of 2010 MattB and I were looking at putting on a small-scale event where we could meet like-minded collectors and broaden our musical horizons. We borrowed the idea (with permission) from the One Box Book Fair held in the Yanesen area of Tokyo and the first event was to have been at Funkstep, a great basement bar in Kichijoji. Sadly, the owner had to close suddenly but one of his regular customers stepped in and offered to let us use his own store, Onigiri Station. Two weeks before the first OBRF was due to take place the Great East Japan earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear disaster put a stop to most events but we decided to go ahead and the turnout was fantastic.
2010年秋、MattBと私は志を同じくするレコード・コレクターとの出会いを求めて、そして自分たちの音楽の幅を広げるためにも何か小規模なイベントをやろうと考え、東京の谷根千で行われていた「一箱古本市」のアイディアを借りて、そのイベントを「一箱レコード市（OBRF）」と名付けました。最初に開催する予定だった吉祥寺の「Funkstep」という店は残念ながら急遽閉店してしまったのですが、その店の常連客の一人が自分の店を使ってはどうかと申し出てくれました。その店が第一回のOBRFの会場となった「ONIGIRI STATION」でした。開催の2週間前に東日本大震災が起こって、津波と原発事故の影響でほとんどのイベントが中止になっていたので迷いましたが、私たちは実行に移すことに決めました。そして、素晴らしい参加者が集まりました。
The One Box Record Fair moved to a bigger space in Koenji at Bar Dynamo and once the word had got around its popularity grew steadily until both Dynamo’s owner and Matt left Japan and for a while we were ronin, with occasional events at the likes of Bar Curtis in Shinjuku, World Kitchen Baobab in Kichijoji, and Substore in Koenji. For the past few years Good Heavens! in Shimokitazawa have been our gracious hosts twice a year, with the plan being to have a third event elsewhere each year to attract new customers and sellers. Miro in Kichijoji was the last one of those before the pandemic put a stop to our activities.
その後、OBRFの会場は「ONIGIRI STATION」よりもっと広い高円寺の「Bar Dynamo」に移り、噂が広まって人気も高まりましたが、DynamoのオーナーもMattBも二人とも日本を離れることになりました。その後は、新宿の「Bar Curtis」、吉祥寺の「 World Kitchen Baobab」、高円寺の 「Substore」などを借りて継続しました。ここ数年は下北沢の「Good Heavens!」で年2回開催していますが、それ以外の場所でも年1回は開催して、新しいお客さんや出店者を呼び込む計画です。吉祥寺の「ミロ」は、パンデミックの影響でOBRFの活動を休止する前の最後のイベントでした。
Over the years we’ve had some outstanding guest DJs and sellers, plus numerous celebrity customers, but the main reason we keep it going is that the sheer unpredictability still makes it fun to do. When you have a twenty-something collector with a box of Punk 45s next to a guy in his 70s selling Soul Jazz and Hard Bop LPs and they hit it off it feels like we’re doing something right and all the cliches about music bringing people together have some substance.
長年にわたって、素晴らしいゲストDJや出店者、そして多くの著名なお客さんを迎えてきましたが、私たちがOBRFを続けてきた最大の理由は、それがまったく予測不可能で何度開催しても飽きることがないからです。20代のコレクターがパンクの7インチの箱を持ってきて売っているその隣で70代の出店者がソウル・ジャズやハード・ボップのLPを売っていて、彼ら二人が息気役合している様子を目にすると、私たちは何か正しいことをしているような気持ちになります。「音楽が人々を結びつける」という使い古された言葉が実態をともなったものに感じられます。
Where do we go from here? Well, a lot depends on how the situation develops in Tokyo over the next few months. We hope to do something in the spring and plan to make a decision on the date and venue in February. Later in the year we aim to do our first event outside Tokyo, at Downbeat in Yokohama, which was originally set for Spring 2020. As usual, the WordPress blog will be updated as and when other events take place in Japan. Hopefully we can add at least one or two of our own in the coming months.
さて、OBRFはこれからどこに向かうのか？これから東京の状況がどうなるかにもよりますが、2021年の春には何かをやりたいと思っていて、2月には日程と会場を決める予定です。秋以降には東京以外で初のOBRFを横浜の「ダウンビート」という会場で開催することを目指しています（もともと2020年春の予定でしたが延期になっています）。これまで通り本ブログでは、日本全国のレコード市の情報を随時更新していきます。近々自分たちのイベントを一つか二つ追加できることを願っています。
Note that many record shops are likely to shorten their hours, and events may be cancelled or curtailed due to the State of Emergency announced Jan 7th for Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa.
Tokyo
Oct 18 Sasazuka Bowl Raw Def Market
Oct 31 4th Kogeneyu Record Flea Market
Nov 22 Record Conbini presents Kissa Randori Record Fleamarket
Outside Tokyo
Oct 2-4 87th Hiroshima Disk Sale
Oct 6-Dec 13 Sendai E Beans Grand Record & CD Ichi
0ct 15-22 Kyoto Ongaku Mania (Maruzen B2)
Oct 21-Nov 1 Kitakami (Iwate) Record & CD Festival in Sakurano Dept Store
Oct 22-Nov 23 Kagoshima Maruzen Tenmonkan Record Fair
Oct 23-25 Takamatsu CD & Record Fair
Oct 31-Nov 3 Matsuyama Disk Market (Tokyu Hands)
Nov 6-8 Nagoya Record/ CD Dai Shuukakusai
Nov 10-15 Kokura Eki Naka Hon no Ichi
Nov 23-29 Kanazawa Tokyu Square Record/CD/Book Fair
Nov 27-29 Hamamatsu CD & Record Show
Dec 9-14 Kurashiki Ongaku Market
Jan 6-12 Osaka Hanshin Dept Store Record & CD Fes
Jan 7-14 Kyoto Fujidai Record Fair
Jan 16-Feb 14 Fukuoka Maruzen Hakata-ten Disk Sale
Feb 22-28 Osaka Twin 21 Disk Sale
Feb 23- Mar 1 Kobe Hankyu 9F Record and CD Fes
非常に残念ですが、やはり今年は一箱レコード市を開催せずに来年に目指す。来年みんな元気に会いましょう！
Sadly we will not be holding the One Box Record Fair until next year. Hope to see you then.
Tokyo
to Aug 2 Ikebukuro Yamano Gakki Nishi-ikebukuro Analogue Record Fair
Outside Tokyo
July 22 – Aug 3 Okayama Maruzen Disk Sale
Aug 8-10 Nagoya Summer 2nd hand CD & Record Sale CANCELLED
Sep 1-7 Osaka Twin 21 Disk Sale
(English follows Japanese)
残念ながら、4月26日（横浜ダウンビート）と5月3日（下北沢グッドヘベンズ）の一箱レコード市は両方延期になりました。秋に開催できると考えます。ツイッターやインスタグラムで最新情報を発表するつもりですので、ぜひフォローしてください。
We are sad to announce that we will have to postpone our events in Yokohama (April 26th) and Shimokitazawa (May 3rd) until the Autumn. Stay tuned by following us on Twitter or Instagram.
** Due to COVID-19 events may be subject to change. This page will be kept as up to date as possible, but please check with organisers/venues**
Jun 20 Record Store Day Japan (Postponed from Apr 18)
RSD Japan will now take place over three dates, Aug 29, Sep 26, and Oct 24, known as “RSD Drops”
The All-Japan Record Summer Carnival events due to be held between June and August in Hamamatsu, Kanazawa, Osaka, Sendai, Toyohashi, Morioka, & Nagoya have been cancelled.
Tokyo/ Yokohama area
CANCELLED Apr 26 One Box Record Fair, Downbeat, Yokohama CANCELLED
CANCELLED May 3 One Box Record Fair, Shimokitazawa Good Heavens!, Tokyo CANCELLED
Outside Tokyo
Feb 2 Odawara Record Matsuri
Feb 14-24 Sendai Maruzen Aeru Record Ichi (Disk Union)
Feb 17-27 Hiroshima Tokyu Hands Record and Furuhon Ichi
Mar 6-8 CANCELLED Hamamatsu CD & Record Show CANCELLED
Mar 26-31 CANCELLED Kobe Chuko & Haiban Record/CD Fes CANCELLED
Mar 28 – Apr 5 Kokura Eki Naka Hon no Ichi (Books & Records)
Mar 30 – Apr 5 Hiroshima Groovin’ Disc Sale in Shareo
Apr 3-5 Fukuoka Tenjin Record Matsuri
Until Apr 5 Sendai EBeans Dai Record CD Ichi
Apr 25 – May 7 CANCELLED Fukuoka Junkudo Maruzen Ongaku Mania CANCELLED
Apr 25 – May 10 Kyoto Record Choi Fair, Ogaki Shoten Aeon Mall
May 8-10 Osaka Umeda Act Three Record Festa (RESCHEDULED FROM Apr 3-5 )
Tokyo:
Nov 2 Discogs presents Mystic Crates, Zepp Tokyo
Nov 11-12 Sala de Musica, Shibuya Home
Nov 17 World Record Sale, Kichijoji Baobab
Dec 1 One Box Record Fair, Kichijoji Miro
Dec 15 Koganeyu Record Fair, Kinshicho
Outside Tokyo:
Oct 8-14 Kumamoto Record fair in Sannenzaka
Oct 11-14 Hiroshima Disc Sale
Oct 11-22 Kyoto Record & CD Choi Matsuri, Aeon Mall Katsuragawa
Oct 12-14 Kanazawa Chika Motenasi Domu Autumn Disc Fair
Oct 24 – Dec 8 Sendai E-Beans Record Market
Nov 1-4 Osaka, Umeda Record & CD Sale
Nov 1-4 Takamatsu Used CD & Record Fair
Nov 9-10 Nagoya Aki no Daishukakusai
Nov 22-28 Osaka Twin 21 Disc Sale
Nov 30 – Dec 1 Osaka, Kohama Shotengai Onban Daigaku
Dec 2-6 Hiroshima Shareo Groovin’ Disc Sale
Dec 4 – 9 Kurashiki Ongaku Ichiba
Dec 18-24 Okayama Vintage Record & CD Dai Ichi
Dec 18-26 Kyoto Takashimaya Life With Music
Dec 25-28 Osaka Hankyu Record & CD Fes
Tokyo:
Sep 8 World Record Market, Kichijoji Baobab
Sep 16 One Box Record Fair, Shimokitazawa Good Heavens!
Nov 2 Discogs presents Mystic Crates, Zepp Tokyo
Outside Tokyo:
Aug 8-20 Toyohashi Honokuni Dept Store Record CD Bargain
Aug 10-12 All Japan Record Carnival Nagoya
Aug 14-20 Hanshin Dept. Store Used Book & Record Fes, Osaka
Aug 26 – Sep 1 Korinbo Tokyu Square Record/ CD/ Used Book Fair, Kanazawa
to Sep 16 Nagano Tokyu Bekkan Record & CD Sale
Sep 4-9 Fukuyama Ongaku Ichiba
Sep 7-23 Nagoya Parco 7F Record & CD Market
Sep 11-16 Gifu Takashimaya Record Market
Sep 14-16 Toyama Record & CD Sale
Sep 21-23 Create Hamamatsu Record & CD Show
Sep 25-30 Hiroshima Tenmaya Midorii CD Record Grand Sale
Sep 27-29 Morioka Sun Biru Record Fair
Nov 1-4 Osaka, Umeda Record & CD Sale
Tokyo:
Jun 1 One Box Record Fair in Miro, Kichijoji
Jun 26-27 Sala de Musica, Shibuya Home
Jul 13-15 All Japan Record Carnival, Asakusa
Jul 21 Koganeyu Record Fair, Kinshicho
Sep 16 One Box Record Fair in Shimokitazawa
Outside Tokyo:
May 21-Jun 2 Kyoto Record Matsuri, Aeon Mall Katsuragawa
May 24-30 Osaka Twin 21 Disc Sale
May 31-Jun 2 All Japan Record Carnival Hamamatsu
May 31-Jun 2 Hiroshima Disk Sale
May 31 – Jun 19 Sendai E-Beans Record Market
Jun 14-16 All Japan Record Carnival Kanazawa
Jun 28-30 All Japan Record Carnival Sendai
Jul 5-7 All Japan Record Carnival Fukuoka
Jul 5-7 All Japan Record Carnival Osaka
Jul 17-23 Kurashiki Ongaku Ichiba
Jul 26-28 Kyoto Record Matsuri
Jul 26-Aug 4 Sakurano (Iwate) 3rd Used Record & CD Festival
Aug 2 Fukui Record & CD Sale
Aug 10-12 All Japan Record Carnival Nagoya
Aug 14-20 Hanshin Dept. Store Used Book & Record Fes, Osaka
Aug 26 – Sep 1 Korinbo Tokyu Square Record/ CD/ Used Book Fair, Kanazawa
