About the music:

Underworld is everywhere in Tokyo, on radio, in shops (even at some completely random places like a combini, a rental video shop, a video game shop etc), in clubs (at Yellow on friday one of the DJ played Two months off and everybody went CRAZY, and later the same night, around 5 AM Tanaka of FPM finished his set with the full version of Born slippy ; in one word: MADNESS).
It was the first thing I heard when I arrived here, and it looks like it will quite possibly be the last when I leave Tokyo in three weeks.

My private playlist goes like this:

Anvil - Metal on metal
(and I like The Rapture - House of jealous lovers)
Cassius - Au reve
Michel Berger - selected tracks, Paradis blanc, Diego etc ca fait du bien :)
some japanese stuff:
Eel - new album demo tracks (out in 2003, VERY electronic)
VA - Tokyo Bossa Nova - verao tres bonne compil, as usal
HI TECH MATES - Summer bossa (good production!! SUPER limited single)
Kylie (forcement :) - Can't get ... soulwax remix
Etienne Charry - new album (tres tres bon)
Momus - new album demos


ah and Tahiti 80 is everywhere too, you just CAN'T escape them.