Have you checked out
:: Metropolis Tokyo :: Japan's No. 1 English Magazine It is an online magazine for Tokyo and has a weekly or daily podcast. I have never listened, but it may be worth a try. When you come, you are going to probably want to get a lot of sightseeing done in the first few months. July is the beginning of the rainy season or is the rainy season, I don't know but will find out soon enough. I'll probably still be here, 85% chance, so hope to see you around. And yeah, all my Japanese friends back home took a long time to get used to the cherry goodness.