After living in Japan for several months I forgot about all other types of music and mainly listened to R&B and Hip-Hop!  It's amazing how a lack of "black soul" in a society can mess up a black man.  No wonder there aren't a ton of black folks living in Japan!  I did bring quite a bit of music with me when I moved but getting new music wasn't easy.  When I was living there, iTunes was pretty new and I mainly had to go to the music stores (remember those?) in the city to buy my music.  They had a limited selection and the American music was pretty expensive.  I would buy something that I really wanted though if my soul meter dropped way too low. ;)