Yokohama Station Walking Guide — Three Music-Loving Stops on the West Side

Around Yokohama Station there are 3 walking spots, ranging from a live music venue to a record store and a diner. All three sit in the Minamisaiwai area of Nishi Ward, on the west side of Yokohama Station. Music is the thread that ties them together: you can dig for records, eat in a room built around music, and end the night at a live house — all within walking distance.

For the order, try digging for records first, then refueling at the diner, and finishing with a live show at night. Walking diskunion Yokohama Nishiguchi Store → STOVES → THUMBS UP turns the afternoon and evening into one continuous line. All three addresses cluster around Minamisaiwai 2-chome in Nishi Ward, so it's easy to get back on track if you wander off.

diskunion Yokohama Nishiguchi Store

[diskunion Yokohama Nishiguchi Store](/en/spot/5730bf32-cf3c-4321-8b96-4b65719b4024) is a record shop by the west exit of Yokohama Station. It handles CDs, records and books across all genres, both new and used. Because nothing is narrowed down by genre, it's the kind of shop where time disappears even if you came in without anything specific in mind. The address is 2-8-9 Minamisaiwai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, on the 2nd floor of the Bright Yokohama Building.

STOVES

[STOVES](/en/spot/ca9f4504-f033-4e04-b9a4-8c091caead1f) is a diner founded in 1994. It's a place where music and people gather, and its moody interior is built from salvaged materials sourced from the United States. The signature dishes are hamburgers and lattice-cut fries, which makes it equally good for a late lunch after record shopping or a pre-show meal. The address is 2-1-3 Minamisaiwai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama.

THUMBS UP

[THUMBS UP](/en/spot/92099e95-8840-4b1c-89ac-462d9540d872) is a live music venue in Yokohama. It sits at 2-1-22 Minamisaiwai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, on the 3rd floor of the Sotetsu Movil building — the same 2-1 block as STOVES. Show information can be checked on the venue's official website, so it's worth looking up the day's schedule before planning your walk. Ending a walk inside a wall of sound is very much a Yokohama west-side way to spend an evening.

Closing tip

Since all three spots are packed into Minamisaiwai, everything after the west exit is on foot. Depending on what's playing, you can shorten the route to just records and a diner, or stretch it into a full course that runs until the night's live set — that flexibility is the easy charm of this area.