As a member of the music industry, TCGAKKI hopes this industry remains vibrant and enjoyable.
We may be known simply as “that secondhand shop in Shin-Okubo” or “that store you’ve been seeing on YouTube lately,” but thanks to your support, we’ve been in business for 35 years. We’ve always valued bringing music lovers together and doing what we enjoy—events like our “Custom Guitar Contest” are a perfect example of that.
However, the band boom is now a thing of the past, and opportunities for young people to pick up an instrument are dwindling. It’s not uncommon to hear music stores and live houses say, “We don’t have many young customers.” We feel a sense of crisis—that if things continue this way, musical instruments might become something distant and out of reach.
That’s why we took a simple approach: we realized we needed to
convey the message that “music stores are fun.”
In fact, when we invited a high school band to visit, their eyes lit up as they explored the store, and they enjoyed themselves for hours. It was an experience they couldn’t get online.
We’re no longer in an era where music stores compete against each other; it’s an era where the entire industry must work together to attract more customers.
We believe that valuing every customer and spreading the appeal of musical instruments will lead to a brighter future.
This is the spirit that drives our store. We would be honored to have you as a customer.