A forum for all fans of the Shibuya-kei style of Japanese pop (Jpop) music. Fans of Pizzicato Five, Cornelius, Hideki Kaji, Takako Minekawa, Buffalo Daughter, Kahimi Karie, 5th Garden, Havana Exotica, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Chocolat, Sweet Robots Against the Machine, K-taro, Hajime Tachibana, United Future Organisation, Les 5-4-3-2-1 and SP 1200 Productions, or labels like Trattoria, Triad, Readymade, Escalator, Le Grand Magistery, March, Bungalow, Siesta, Emperor Norton and Minty Fresh are welcome, as are fans of like-minded acts a'la Momus, Towa Tei, Cardigans, Toog, Cinnamon, Bertrand Burgulat, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Air, Dimitri from Paris, Arling & Cameron, Stereo Total, PINE*am, Le Hammond Inferno, Saint Etienne, Broadcast, Ladytron, Cassius, Stereolab, Cibo Matto, Baxendale, Stars, Puffy, Butter 08, Combustible Edison, Tipsy, DJ Me DJ You, April March and Komeda. Not to mention any other random J-pop/Swedish/French/British/Scottish/Spanish/American pop groups who may fall into this ilk.

Discussion is open to whatever other topics happen to come up, but the music is the foremost focus! I do not care if things get off topic once in a while, you'll see me guilty of it myself...but I will not hesitate to drop any members who become abusive.