Records booming for the first time in 35 years: Used Mariya Takeuchi records selling for over 30,000 yen

The popularity of vinyl records is on the rise. Fans from all over the world are flocking to get their hands on these "city pop" classics, and the unit price of second-hand records is 2.6 times what it was nine years ago. Works by Takeuchi Mariya are priced at over 30,000 yen. With new songs being released one after another, the domestic production value of records has topped 7 billion yen for the first time in 35 years. In mid-March, Tower Reco…