Here's an abbreviated but diverse list of essential Japanese hip-hop for starters. Restricted to one album per artist so I'd highly suggest checking out full artist discographies. Ongoing ...

Introduction to Japanese Pop: https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/endianness/list/552/introduction-to-japanese-pop/ Introduction to Japanese ...

Here's an abbreviated but diverse list of essential Japanese folk for starters. Restricted to one album per artist so I'd highly suggest checking out full artist discographies. Ongoing ...

Here's an abbreviated but diverse list of essential Japanese rock for starters. Restricted to one album per artist so I'd highly suggest checking out full artist discographies. Ongoing ...

Here's an abbreviated but diverse list of essential Japanese jazz for starters. Restricted to one album per artist so I'd highly suggest checking out full artist discographies. Ongoing ...

Here's an abbreviated but diverse list of essential Japanese punk for starters. Restricted to one album per artist so I'd highly suggest checking out full artist discographies. Ongoing ...