Hey Carlson - thanks for the welcome. I just wan2 learn and get inspired. Right now I'm taking Japanese cooking classes and have met some pretty interesting people who are from /have lived in Japan.
Welcome to the forum. There are lots of threads about Japanese music on the forum... a lot of them about Jrock... but there are also better quality threads. (not that all of them are that bad...)
Dutch Baka: Thanks for the welcome! I've checked out a few threads on Japanese music. As a music lover I'll be getting back and posting and you'll no doubt see what music I'm into (pretty much every genre).