Review on Watermelon Music by Robert Evans

The store that sells CDs which are priced at up to $20,000. The shop's manager is Shigeo Nakazono.

Nakazono is well known as a "genius singer" in Japan; he has released ten singles and four albums since his debut in 2002. He draws much attention since he won the grand prix of the audition program called 'Asayan' (TBS). His songs are made by composers like super-star hide (X JAPAN)..



My major is East Asian Studies (major in Japanese language), though it's taking me a long time to graduate since I can't be good at anything but Japanese;P we review about this fantastic record store!

Watermelon Records - the legend of CDs by Japanese singers like Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki , Gackt 200 yen ($2) to 10000-15000 yen ($100-$150).

If you are a K-pop fan or lover of Japanese music , then this record store is very, very interesting for you. I have been to many record stores in Tokyo and US but no one has so much stock on CDs by Japanese singers . There might be some other stores that specialize in Japanese singers but I bet they don't have as much stock as Watermelon does. Most of the CDs there cost around 200 yen ($2) to 500 yen ($5). Very cheap! And more rare CD s cost about 2000 yen ($20) or 10000 yen ($100). They sell pretty much any famous Japanese singers' CDs from teen pop idol groups like AKB48  or Buono!  to rock bands like L'Arc〜en〜Ciel or Miyavi .

I went there to get some CDs by Japanese singers who are popular in Japan right now, Ayu and Namie for example. That was my weakest point...Japanese songs. I have no idea how good songs are because I can't understand Japanese songs at all so it's hard to judge about them. But if you visit this shop for buying rare CDs , then it'll be much helpful since they have many "mini-reviews" of the albums right next to the CD itself.*

If you are interested in K-pop or Japanese music, the Watermelon Records store is your one stop shop to find CDs by famous singers like Namie Amuro and Ayumi Hamasaki for very cheap prices.