Salt Box Records

Salt Box is a focused Little Tokyo destination for modern funk, boogie and the connections between dance singles and Japanese records. The shop is on the second floor inside Hello Stranger, which is the practical detail that prevents a search at street level from ending too early. Its current official feed shows 7-inch and 12-inch records, LPs and city-pop updates, with used rarities alongside new releases and reissues. Some arrivals are introduced through in-store events before appearing online, so a sold-out web page does not describe the whole physical selection. Pair Salt Box with Going Underground nearby on East 2nd for a short route with sharply different musical interests. Ask about the rare-record box when that is the kind of dig you came for.

Funk, boogie and related dance vinyl on LP, 7-inch and 12-inch formats, plus city pop and Japanese records, with new, used and collectible material.

320 East 2nd Street, second floor inside Hello Stranger, in Little Tokyo. The map identifies the building; continue upstairs for the shop.

Ask about the rare-record box mentioned in current shop posts. Combine the visit with Going Underground on the same block, and confirm the location and terms of any listening event.